annuls

VERB

void an agreement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abolish abrogate cancel declare delete dissolve expunge invalidate nullify quash repeal rescind retract reverse revoke undo vacate

STRONG

abate annihilate countermand discharge efface erase kill negate neutralize nix obliterate recall scrub vitiate

WEAK

blot out call off get off the hook render null and void wipe out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

allow approve continue do enact enforce establish institute legalize pass permit ratify sanction support uphold validate

STRONG

create help revive save schedule set up

WEAK

keep restore retain revalidate

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annuls

Open the history annuls and you'll find celebrities and WAGs - the wives and girlfriends of drivers - visible in the paddock for decades.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

The new law annuls all convictions for political and religious beliefs or sexual orientation.

From Reuters ● Nov. 3, 2022

Protesting annuls their careers, ensures harassment and hastens the closing of the public sphere by the authorities.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2022

Sept. 7: Mexico’s Supreme Court unanimously annuls portions of a law in Coahuila — a state on the Texas border — that had made abortion a criminal act.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2021

It is a wrong, and therefore unjust, when it is effected through undue influence that either annuls consent, or wrings it from the victim by cajolery, threat, or false promise.

From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by John H. (John Henry) Stapleton