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quash - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To put down or suppress forcibly and completely.
- transitive verb To put an end to or destroy.
- transitive verb To annul or put an end to (a court order, indictment, or court proceedings).
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pompion.
- noun Same as
squash (?). - 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush.
- transitive verb To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely.
- noun Same as
squash . - intransitive verb To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.
- transitive verb (Law) To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
defeat forcibly. - verb To
void orsuppress (asubpoena , decision, etc.).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb put down by force or intimidation
- verb declare invalid
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English quashen, from Old French quasser, from Medieval Latin quassāre, to shatter, from Latin; see squash.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English quassen, from Anglo-Norman casser, quasser, from Medieval Latin quassāre, alteration (influenced by quassāre, to crush, shatter) of cassāre, from Latin cassus, empty, void; see kes- in Indo-European roots.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Old French quasser, from Latin quassāre, present active infinitive of quassō.
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Examples
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The movement, which leading Orthodox officials have sought to quash, is spearheaded by a growing revisionist movement in the Church.
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Norske – Thank you rwcole – You quash, which is annulment by judicial action.
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There is a curious creature, called the quash, resembling the ichneumon, which possesses a peculiarly fetid smell, and is known for its powerful, lacerating teeth.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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But to ask that a judge "quash" it, or parts of it?
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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But no court of law will be able to "quash" any aspect of the debate.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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Afghan policemen who took drugs and paid for young 'dancing boys' to entertain them in northern Afghanistan caused such panic that the interior minister begged the US embassy to try and 'quash' the story.
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If GOP leaders don't "quash" anti-immigrant talk, they risk losing Latino support.
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If GOP leaders don't "quash" anti-immigrant talk, they risk losing Latino support.
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The best way to "quash" a debt is to come to terms with the collector on how you will pay it.
ScrippsNews SHNS 2010
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Superior Court Judge Mary Lou Rup on Wednesday took under advisement a move by Bennett's office to "quash" the subpoena of Bennett by defense lawyer Greg T. Schubert.
Related Words
synonyms (77)
Words with the same meaning
- abate
- abolish
- abrogate
- annihilate
- annul
- asphyxiate
- black out
- bottle up
- cancel
- censor
- choke
- choke off
- clamp down on
- cork
- cork up
- crack down on
- crush
- damp down
- discharge
- dissolve
- drown
- extinguish
- gag
- hold down
- hugger-mugger
- hush
- hush up
- hush-hush
- invalidate
- jump on
- keep down
- keep under
- kill
- muffle
- muzzle
- negate
- nullify
- overrule
- overthrow
- overwhelm
- pour water on
- put down
- put out
- quell
- quench
- reject
- repress
- rescind
- reverse
- revoke
- set aside
- shush
- shut down on
- silence
- sit down on
- sit on
- smash
- smother
- snuff out
- squash
- squelch
- stamp out
- stanch
- stifle
- strangle
- stultify
- subdue
- suffocate
- suppress
- throttle
- throw out
- trample out
- trample underfoot
- undo
- vacate
- vitiate
- void
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