Quash

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To set aside or annul, especially by judicial action.
  • v. To put down or suppress forcibly and completely: quash a rebellion.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To defeat forcibly.
  • v. To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Same as squash.
  • v. To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void.
  • v. To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush.
  • v. To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely.
  • verb-intransitive. To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To beat down or beat in pieces; crash.
  • To crush; subdue; put down summarily; quell; extinguish; put an end to.
  • To be shaken with a noise; make the noise of water when shaken.
  • To make void; annul; in law, to annul, abate, overthrow, or set aside for insufficiency or other cause: as, to quash an indictment.
  • n. A pompion.
  • n. Same as squash (?).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. put down by force or intimidation
  • v. declare invalid
  • Verb Form
    quashed    quashes    quashing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    crush    oppress    suppress   
    Variant
    squash   
    Form
    quashed    quashing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    crush    subdue    invalidate    abolish    suppress   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bosch    mosh