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 prince again sought advice to shield himself from his various opponents, whose impertinent, yet honest expressions, might prove an alloy to his character, and render void all his pretensions to even common honesty!

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne

And while they were by order voting the title, the king and council were making arrangements together to render void both sides of the bargain.

From Irish Nationality by Green, Alice Stopford

Nullify, nul′i-fī, v.t. to make null: to annul: to render void or of no force:—pr.p. null′ifying; pa.t. and pa.p. null′ified.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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)