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- 1. reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure: "his conviction was quashed on appeal" Similar Opposite
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QUASH definition: 1. to say officially that something, especially an earlier official decision, is no longer to be…. Learn more.
The meaning of QUASH is to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely. How to use quash in a sentence. Did you know?
Definition of 'quash' Word Frequency. quash. (kwɒʃ ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense quashes , present participle quashing , past tense, past participle quashed. 1. verb. If a court or someone in authority quashes a decision or judgment, they officially reject it. The Appeal Court has quashed the convictions of all eleven people.
Quash definition: to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue. See examples of QUASH used in a sentence.
Quash means to put down, stop, extinguish, and it’s usually used to talk about ideas, feelings, or political movements. You wouldn’t quash a grape underfoot; you would squash it. But if you were a military dictator, you would quash a revolution.
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)]
Definition of quash verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
QUASH definition: 1. to officially change a legal decision so that it stops existing: 2. to stop something that you…. Learn more.
quash. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Law quash /kwɒʃ $ kwɑːʃ, kwɒːʃ/ verb [ transitive] formal 1 to officially say that a legal judgment or decision is no longer acceptable or correct SYN overturn The High Court later quashed his conviction for murder.
Synonyms for QUASH: quell, suppress, subdue, repress, stifle, squelch, crush, silence; Antonyms of QUASH: help, assist, support, aid, back, provoke, stir, encourage.
