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

It is ironic that Parrott has a penchant for tattoos - his injury time winner against Hungary on Sunday is a moment now permanently inked in the annuls of Irish football.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

As of Friday it annuls all convictions for political, ideological, religious beliefs or sexual orientation.

From Reuters ● Oct. 20, 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

Maldives court annuls former leader's conviction: Maldives's top court has annulled former president Mohamed Nasheed's conviction on terrorism charges.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2018

Hence falsehood directly annuls the end of an oath: and for this reason, that perversity in swearing, which is called perjury, takes its species chiefly from falsehood.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas