| VERB | social | quash, repress, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce | put down by force or intimidation |
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| social | quash, invalidate, annul, void, avoid, nullify | declare invalid / invalid |
| Sounds | kwao'sh | |
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| Rhymes | Bosch ... wash: 6 rhymes with aosh... | |
| Meaning | Put down by force or intimidation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising" | |
| Synonyms | repress, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce | |
| Broader | oppress, suppress, crush | come down on or keep down by unjust / unjust / unjust use of one's authority |
| Spanish | avasallar, sojuzgar, subyugar | |
| Catalan | dominar, enjovar, reprimir, sotmetre, subjugar | |
| Meaning | declare invalid / invalid. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | invalidate, annul, void, avoid, nullify | |
| Narrower | break | invalidate by judicial action |
| set aside | Annul (a legal decision) | |
| stet | (printing) cancel, as of a correction or deletion | |
| Broader | cancel, strike down | declare null and void |
| Opposite | validate, formalize, formalise | declare or make legally valid |
| Spanish | anular, eludir, evitar, invalidar, revocar | |
| Catalan | anul·lar, eludir, evitar, invalidar, revocar | |
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