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NULLIFY

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: nullified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

Example:

This action will negate the effect of my efforts

Synonyms:

negate; neutralise; neutralize; nullify

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

weaken (lessen the strength of)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

nullification (the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Show to be invalid

Synonyms:

invalidate; nullify

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

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

contradict; negate (prove negative; show to be false)

Sentence frames:

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Sense 3

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 "nullify" is one way to...):

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

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

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:

nullification (the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something)

nullification (the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress)

nullifier (an official who can invalidate or nullify)

nullifier (an advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws)

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