render void

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This alteration was made because of threats by France, Spain and Portugal to render void all trade agreements with Norway.

From Time Magazine Archive

The words that thou hast said to-day, That thou wouldst wipe the tears away Of all the giants I have slain, My deeds shall render void and vain.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

There is not room for Death, Nor atom that his might could render void: Thou—Thou art Being and Breath, And what Thou art may never be destroyed.

From A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)

To destroy that sovereign power would be to annul the compact, and render void the agreement.

From The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny by Brownson, Orestes Augustus

Also, that one must be ceaselessly on guard lest the baleful little ant and other tiny curses evade one's vigilance and render void one's best work.

From Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man by Oemler, Marie Conway