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quash 1
(kwŏsh)tr.v. quashed, quash·ing, quash·es
To annul or put an end to (a court order, indictment, or court proceedings).
[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.]
quash 2
(kwŏsh)tr.v. quashed, quash·ing, quash·es
1. To put down or suppress forcibly and completely: quash a rebellion.
2. To put an end to or destroy: quash a rumor; quash hopes of an agreement.
[Middle English quashen, from Old French quasser, from Medieval Latin quassāre, to shatter, from Latin; see squash2.]
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quash
(kwɒʃ)vb (tr)
1. to subdue forcefully and completely; put down; suppress
2. to annul or make void (a law, decision, etc)
3. (Law) to reject (an indictment, writ, etc) as invalid
[C14: from Old French quasser, from Latin quassāre to shake]
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quash
(kwɒʃ)v.t.
1. to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
2. to make void, annul, or set aside (a law, indictment, decision, etc.).
[1300–50; Middle English: to smash; overcome < Old French quasser, in part < Latin quassāre to shake (frequentative of quatere to shake)]
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quash
- From Latin quatere, "shake," it generally means "reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure," or "put an end to; suppress."See also related terms for reject.
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quash
Past participle: quashed
Gerund: quashing
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| Verb | 1. | quash - put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" |
| 2. | quash - declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" strike down, cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" break - invalidate by judicial action; "The will was broken" stet - printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion |
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quash
verb
1. annul, overturn, reverse, cancel, overthrow, set aside, void, revoke, overrule, rescind, invalidate, nullify, declare null and void The Appeal Court has quashed the convictions.
2. put an end to, stamp out, put a stop to, end, check, nip in the bud He attempted to quash the rumours.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
quash
verbTo bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight:
Idiom: put the lid on.
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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quash
vt
(Jur) verdict → aufheben, annullieren
rebellion → unterdrücken; suggestion, objection → ablehnen
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
quash
v. suprimir, sofocar.
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