quash
verb
[ kwɒʃ ]
• reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure.
• "his conviction was quashed on appeal"
Similar:
cancel,
reverse,
rescind,
repeal,
revoke,
retract,
countermand,
withdraw,
take back,
rule against,
disallow,
overturn,
override,
overrule,
veto,
set aside,
overthrow,
repudiate,
annul,
nullify,
declare null and void,
invalidate,
render invalid,
negate,
void,
abrogate,
vacate,
recall,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French quasser ‘annul’, from late Latin cassare (medieval Latin also quassare ), from cassus ‘null, void’. Compare with squash1.
