quash

Speech parts

1. quash - Noun

2. quash - Verb

Meaning

Same as Squash.

To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment.

To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush.

To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion.

To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

reduce avoid void subdue invalidate repress subjugate annul nullify keep down scotch evert end prevent kill
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Antonyms

amnesty interlink make support back change
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Hypernyms

suppress cancel crush oppress strike down

Hyponyms

break set aside stet

Related terms

discussion rescue discuss percussion squash casket

Derivatives

quashed quashing

Anagrams

ashuq

Examples

The contract was annulled Source: Internet

void a plea Source: Internet

The government quashes any attempt of an uprising Source: Internet

China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently Source: Internet

The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land Source: Internet

Activists and entrepreneurs like Egan hope to make those unconscious biases more obvious, ideally making them easier to quash. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

quasar quasarlike quaschi quashable quashee quasher