watergate

[waw-ter-geyt, wot-er-] / ˈwɔ tərˌgeɪt, ˈwɒt ər- /

VERB

quash

Synonyms

STRONGEST

annul clamp down on crack down on invalidate overrule repeal rescind reverse revoke set aside squelch undo vacate veto void

STRONG

abrogate discharge dissolve kill negate overthrow vitiate

WEAK

black out bottle up cork up declare null and void hush up put damper on put the lid on shut down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

allow approve do enforce keep permit sanction validate

WEAK

aid assist help rebuild start support

Example Sentences

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Richard Nixon’s behavior during Watergate brought those prospects into clear focus.

From Salon

The Fed raised rates sharply and a punishing recession followed, punctuated by Nixon’s resignation over Watergate.

From The Wall Street Journal

This week Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Post — the publication that broke the Watergate scandal — decided to kill the newspaper.

From Salon

Narrator Jodie Foster widens the film’s aperture a bit early on, referring to the period “between Watergate and the Bicentennial” as the documentary’s focus.

From The Wall Street Journal

"My immediate thought is I've spent more interesting afternoons watching paint dry. I mean, this is a low-level committee. The Watergate hearings, it was not," he told BBC News.

From BBC

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