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verb
- 1. reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure: "his conviction was quashed on appeal" Similar Opposite
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QUASH definition: 1. to say officially that something, especially an earlier official decision, is no longer to be…. Learn more.
Both essentially mean to get rid of something—you can quash a rumor, for example, or you can quash a judicial order. The legal term quash (meaning "to nullify") comes from the Anglo-French words casser or quasser, meaning "to annul," and is ultimately from Latin cassus, "to void."
Quash means to put down, stop, extinguish, and it’s usually used to talk about ideas, feelings, or political movements. You wouldn’t quash a grape underfoot; you would squash it. But if you were a military dictator, you would quash a revolution.
Quash definition: to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue. See examples of QUASH used in a sentence.
quash a subpoena. 3 meanings: 1. to subdue forcefully and completely; put down; suppress 2. to annul or make void (a law, decision, etc) 3. to.... Click for more definitions.
1. to subdue forcefully and completely; put down; suppress. 2. to annul or make void (a law, decision, etc) 3. (Law) to reject (an indictment, writ, etc) as invalid. [C14: from Old French quasser, from Latin quassāre to shake]
Definition of quash verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Quash definition: To annul or put an end to (a court order, indictment, or court proceedings).
QUASH definition: 1. to officially change a legal decision so that it stops existing: 2. to stop something that you…. Learn more.
quash meaning, definition, what is quash: to officially say that a legal judgment ...: Learn more.
