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voiding
[void] 
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void
[void]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of; empty |
| Synonyms: | clear, deplete, discharge, dispose, drain, dump, eject, eliminate, emit, evacuate, flow, give off, go, pour, relieve, remove, throw out, vacate |
| Notes: | void means empty; devoid means empty, but empty only after something has been taken away |
| Antonyms: | keep |
| Main Entry: | abolish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do away with or put an end to |
| Synonyms: | abate, abrogate, annihilate, annul, call off, cancel, destroy, disestablish, dissolve, end, eradicate, erase, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, finish, inhibit, invalidate, kill, negate, nix, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, prohibit, put an end to, put kibosh on, put the kibosh on, quash, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, scrub, set aside, squelch, stamp out, subvert, supersede, suppress, terminate, undo, vacate, vitiate, void, wipe out, zap |
| Antonyms: | confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, legalize, promote, ratify, support, uphold |
| Main Entry: | abolition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | formal act of putting an end to, annulling |
| Synonyms: | abolishment, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, cancellation, destruction, dissolution, elimination, end, ending, eradication, extirpation, invalidation, negation, nullification, obliteration, overthrow, overturning, quashing, repeal, repudiation, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, revocation, subversion, suppression, termination, voiding, wiping out, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | confirmation, establishment, establishment, institution, legalization, promotion |
| Main Entry: | abrogate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | formally put an end to |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, annul, cancel, dissolve, do in, end, finish off, invalidate, knock out, negate, nix, nullify, quash, reject, renege, repeal, retract, revoke, scrub, torpedo, undo, vacate, vitiate, void |
| Antonyms: | approve, establish, fix, institute, legalize, ratify, sanction, support |
| Main Entry: | abrogation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cancellation |
| Synonyms: | annulment, discontinuation, ending, invalidation, quashing, repudiation, rescission, retraction, reversal, voiding, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | annulment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voiding an agreement |
| Synonyms: | abatement, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, breakup, cancellation, countermanding, dedomiciling, deletion, discharge, dissolution, erasing, going phfft, invalidation, negation, neutralization, nullification, obliteration, recall, repeal, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, retraction, reversal, revocation, split up, split*, undoing, vitiation, voiding |
| Antonyms: | enactment, restoration, retention, validation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cancel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equal out |
| Synonyms: | abort, abrogate, annul, balance out, call off, compensate for, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck, countermand, counterpoise, declare invalid, discard, discharge, frustrate, ignore, invalidate, make up for, negate, neutralize, nullify, offset, overthrow, put an end to, recall, recant, redeem, redress, refute, render inert, render null and void, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, revoke, rule out, set aside, suppress, vacate, void |
| Antonyms: | imbalance, tip |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean, clear away |
| Synonyms: | ameliorate, break up, brighten, burn off, clarify, cleanse, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, eliminate, empty, erase, extricate, free, lighten, loosen, lose, meliorate, open, purify, refine, rid, rule out, shake off, sweep, throw off, tidy, unblock, unburden, unclog, unload, unloose, unpack, untie, vacate, void, wipe |
| Antonyms: | clutter, pile up |
| Main Entry: | deflate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce or cause to contract |
| Synonyms: | collapse, decrease, depreciate, depress, devalue, diminish, empty, exhaust, flatten, puncture, shrink, squash, void |
| Antonyms: | blow up, expand, inflate |
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