quash

Verb
  1. Put down by force or intimidation (synset 202428975)
    "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
    is a type of: crush, oppress, suppress - come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
    same as: keep down, reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate
  2. Declare invalid (synset 202483482)
    "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
    is a type of: cancel, strike down - declare null and void; make ineffective
    subtypes:
    • set aside - annul (a legal decision)
    • break - invalidate by judicial action
    • stet - printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
    same as: annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify, void

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