Annul
[ə'nʌl]
Definition
(a.) To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.
(a.) To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Cancel, abrogate, repeal, revoke, recall, recant, countermand, reverse, rescind, abolish, disannul, vacate, quash, nullify, supersede, invalidate, overrule, make void, set aside.
Typed by Brooke
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cancel, obliterate, make_void, quash, nullify, revoke, rescind, destroy,set_aside, abrogate, extinguish, abolish, repeal
ANT:Foster, protect, conserve, confirm, maintain, enact, re-enact, institute,establish
Typist: Weldon
Definition
v.t. to make null to reduce to nothing: to abolish:—pr.p. annul′ling; pa.p. annulled′.—n. Annul′ment the act of annulling.
Typed by Ewing
Examples
- What is to guarantee that the attack is not annulled? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But imagine his dismay when the South Carolina Legislature suddenly annulled its contract with him, refused to make any further payments, and began suit to recover what had already been paid him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Accordingly, all previous orders given during the day for movements on the 13th were annulled by new ones. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- After all, that task would be easier to perform, now that his personal stake in it was annulled. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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