quash
verb/kwɒʃ/
/kwɑːʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they quash | /kwɒʃ/ /kwɑːʃ/ |
| he / she / it quashes | /ˈkwɒʃɪz/ /ˈkwɑːʃɪz/ |
| past simple quashed | /kwɒʃt/ /kwɑːʃt/ |
| past participle quashed | /kwɒʃt/ /kwɑːʃt/ |
| -ing form quashing | /ˈkwɒʃɪŋ/ /ˈkwɑːʃɪŋ/ |
- quash something (law) to officially say that a decision made by a court is no longer legally acceptable or correct synonym overturn
- His conviction was later quashed by the Court of Appeal.
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- quash something to take action to stop something from continuing synonym suppress
- The rumours were quickly quashed.
- The government moved quickly to quash the revolt.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French quasser ‘annul’, from late Latin cassare (medieval Latin also quassare), from cassus ‘null, void’. Compare with squash (verb).
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