annul

an·nul  (-nl)

tr.v. an·nulled, an·nul·ling, an·nuls

1. To make or declare void or invalid, as a marriage or a law; nullify.

2. To obliterate the effect or existence of: "The significance of the past . . . is annulled in idle gusts of electronic massacre" Alexander Cockburn.

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[Middle English annullen, from Old French annuller, from Late Latin annullre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin nullus, none; see ne in Indo-European roots.]

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annul

Verb

[-nulling, -nulled] to declare (a contract or marriage) invalid [Latin nullus not any]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	annul - declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" invalidate, nullify, void, quash, avoid 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
	2.	annul - cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" countermand, repeal, rescind, revoke, vacate, reverse, overturn, lift go back on, renege, renege on, renegue on - fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise" strike down, cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"

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annul

verb invalidate, reverse, cancel, abolish, void, repeal, recall, revoke, retract, negate, rescind, nullify, obviate, abrogate, countermand, declare or render null and void << OPPOSITE restore

Translations

annul [əˈnʌl] vt → anular [+ law]; revocar

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annul [əˈnʌl] vt → annuler [+ law]; abroger

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annul [əˈnʌl] vt → annullieren;

(law) → aufheben

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annul [əˈnʌl] vt → annullare [+ law]; rescindere