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quash

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1. quash - Noun

2. quash - Verb

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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

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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

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