quash
11quash — 1 *annul, abrogate, void, vacate 2 *crush, quell, extinguish, suppress, quench Analogous words: *destroy: *ruin, wreck: *suppress, repress …
12quash — ► VERB 1) reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure. 2) put an end to; suppress. ORIGIN Old French quasser annul , from Latin cassus null, void …
13quash — quash1 [kwäsh, kwôsh] vt. [altered (infl. by QUASH2) < ME quassen < MFr quasser < LL cassare, to annihilate, destroy < L cassus, empty < castus, pp. of carere, to lack: see CASTE] Law to annul or set aside (an indictment) quash2… …
14quash — UK [kwɒʃ] / US [kwɑʃ] verb [transitive] Word forms quash : present tense I/you/we/they quash he/she/it quashes present participle quashing past tense quashed past participle quashed formal 1) to use force or violence to stop the political action… …
15quash — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English quashen to smash, from Anglo French quasser, casser, from Latin quassare to shake violently, shatter, frequentative of quatere to shake Date: 13th century to suppress or extinguish summarily and… …
16quash — verb Quash is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑court Quash is used with these nouns as the object: ↑conviction, ↑decision, ↑dissent, ↑rumour, ↑sentence, ↑speculation, ↑verdict …
17quash — [14] Quash goes back ultimately to Latin quatere ‘shake’ (source also of English rescue [14], which etymologically means ‘shake off, drive away’, and of concussion and percussion). From it evolved quassāre ‘shake to pieces, break’, which passed… …
18quash — [[t]kwɒ̱ʃ[/t]] quashes, quashing, quashed 1) VERB If a court or someone in authority quashes a decision or judgement, they officially reject it. [V n] The Appeal Court has quashed the convictions of all eleven people. Syn: overturn 2) VERB If… …
19quash — verb 1) the judge may quash the sentence Syn: cancel, reverse, rescind, repeal, revoke, retract, countermand, withdraw, overturn, overrule, veto, annul, nullify, invalidate, negate, void; Law vacate; formal abrogate …
20quash — mus·quash; quash; …
