QUASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quash mean? 

• QUASH (verb)
  The verb QUASH has 2 senses:

1. put down by force or intimidation

2. declare invalid

  Familiarity information: QUASH used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUASH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they quash    ... he / she / it quashes   
Past simple: quashed   
Past participle: quashed   
-ing form: quashing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put down by force or intimidation

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

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

Context example:

The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land

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:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Declare invalid

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

annul; avoid; invalidate; nullify; quash; void

Context example:

void a plea

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:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something