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quash
verb as in destroy, defeat
verb as in nullify, cancel
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Example Sentences
Ms Bolton said that because the system for compensation has changed, it is no longer automatically paid out to those who leave prison having had their convictions quashed.
It is the second Lincolnshire fossil fuel development to be quashed in recent months, with the decision to approve exploratory drilling and extraction at Biscathorpe overturned in July following a legal challenge.
It also put the issue on the front pages and at the top of the political agenda, with the former government announcing legislation to quash convictions in February.
There were hopes in some quarters that DeSantis would moderate his policy thuggishness after his presidential campaign imploded in January, but his efforts to quash Amendment 4 suggests that the hope was forlorn.
Allowing the appeal, Dame Siobhan quashed his original sentence and imposed a revised minimum tariff.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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