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QUASH

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put down by force or intimidation

Example:

The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land

Synonyms:

keep down; quash; reduce; repress; subdue; subjugate

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

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

crush; oppress; suppress (come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority)

Sentence frames:

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

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

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

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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