Annul

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make or declare void or invalid, as a marriage or a law; nullify.
  • v. To obliterate the effect or existence of: "The significance of the past . . . is annulled in idle gusts of electronic massacre” ( Alexander Cockburn).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To formally revoke the validity of.
  • v. To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.
  • v. To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To reduce to nothing; annihilate; obliterate.
  • To make void or null; nullify; abrogate; abolish; do away with: used especially of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, usages, and the like.
  • Synonyms Abolish, Repeal, etc. (see abolish); Nullify, Annihilate, etc. (see neutralize); retract, declare null and void, supersede.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cancel officially
  • v. declare invalid
  • Verb Form
    annulated    annuled    annuling    annulism    annulled    annulling    annuls   
    Variant
    annulling    annulled   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    destroy    revoke    reverse    repeal    abrogate    nullify    cancel    rescind    abolish    invalidate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Channel    annal    channel    dismantle    empanel    flannel    impanel    panel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    countermand    dern    consultum    abjure    enact    decretal    rescission    forfeit    recantation