quash

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verb

1. put down by force or intimidation (Freq. 1)
- The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
- China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
- The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
• Syn:
repress, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
• Derivationally related forms:
subduer (for: subdue), repressive (for: repress), repression (for: repress)
• Hypernyms:
oppress, suppress, crush
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. declare invalid
- The contract was annulled
- void a plea
• Syn:
invalidate, annul, void, avoid, nullify
• Ant:
validate (for: invalidate)
• Derivationally related forms:
nullifier (for: nullify), nullification (for: nullify), voidable (for: void), void (for: void), voider (for: void), annulment (for: annul), invalidation (for: invalidate), invalidator (for: invalidate)
• Hypernyms:
cancel, strike down
• Hyponyms:
break, stet
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  invalidate, annul, void, avoid, nullify, repress, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  validate, formalize, formalise