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ANNUL

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected forms: annulled    , annulling   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cancel officially

Example:

vacate a death sentence

Synonyms:

annul; countermand; lift; overturn; repeal; rescind; reverse; revoke; vacate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "annul" is one way to...):

cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "annul"):

go back on; renege; renege on; renegue on (fail to fulfill a promise or obligation)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

annulment (the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Declare invalid

Example:

void a plea

Synonyms:

annul; avoid; invalidate; nullify; quash; void

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "annul" is one way to...):

cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "annul"):

set aside (annul (a legal decision))

break (invalidate by judicial action)

stet (printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

annulment ((law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc))

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