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quash

American  
[kwosh] / kwɒʃ /

verb (used with object)

  1. to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue.

    to quash a rebellion.
    Synonyms:
    repress, quench, squash, crush

  2. to make void, annul, or set aside (a law, indictment, decision, etc.).

quash British  
/ kwɒʃ /

verb

  1. to subdue forcefully and completely; put down; suppress

  2. to annul or make void (a law, decision, etc)

  3. to reject (an indictment, writ, etc) as invalid

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Other Word Forms

  • unquashed adjective

Etymology

Origin of quash

1300–50; Middle English quashen to smash, break, overcome, suppress < Old French quasser, in part < Latin quassāre to shake (frequentative of quatere to shake; concussion ); in part < Late Latin cassāre to annul, derivative of Latin cassus empty, void

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