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quash ¹  (kwsh)

tr.v. quashed, quash·ing, quash·es

To set aside or annul, especially by judicial action.

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[Middle English quassen, from Old French casser, quasser, from Medieval Latin quassre, alteration (influenced by quassre, to shatter) of cassre, from Latin cassus, empty, void; see kes- in Indo-European roots.]

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quash ²  (kwsh)

tr.v. quashed, quash·ing, quash·es

To put down or suppress forcibly and completely: quash a rebellion.

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[Middle English quashen, from Old French quasser, from Medieval Latin quassre, to shatter, from Latin; see squash².]

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quash [kwɒʃ]

vb (tr)

1. to subdue forcefully and completely; put down; suppress

2. to annul or make void (a law, decision, etc.)

3. (Law) to reject (an indictment, writ, etc.) as invalid

[from Old French quasser, from Latin quassāre to shake]

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quash - From Latin quatere, "shake," it generally means "reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure," or "put an end to; suppress."

See also related terms for reject.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	quash - put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" repress, subdue, subjugate, keep down, reduce crush, oppress, suppress - come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
	2.	quash - declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" annul, invalidate, nullify, void, 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

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quash

verb

1. annul, overturn, reverse, cancel, overthrow, set aside, void, revoke, overrule, rescind, invalidate, nullify, declare null and void The Appeal Court has quashed the convictions.

2. put an end to, stamp out, put a stop to, end, check, nip in the bud He attempted to quash the rumours.

3. suppress, crush, put down, beat, destroy, overthrow, squash, subdue, repress, quell, extinguish, quench, extirpate an attempt to quash regional violence

Translations

quash [ˈkwɒʃ] VT

1. [+ rebellion] → sofocar

2. [+ proposal] → rechazar; [+ verdict] → anular, invalidar

quash [ˈkwɒʃ] vt

[+ verdict, conviction] → annuler, casser

[+ rumour] → faire taire

[+ rebellion, protest] → étouffer

quash

vt

(Jur) verdict → aufheben, annullieren

rebellion → unterdrücken; suggestion, objection → ablehnen

quash [kwɒʃ] vt

a. (reject) → respingere (Law) (sentence, conviction) → revocare, annullare

b. (destroy, enemies, rebellion) → stroncare; (emotion) → reprimere