annul
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate: to annul a marriage.
to reduce to nothing; obliterate.
to cancel (a regularly scheduled train, plane, social event, etc.) for one day or one time only.
Origin of annul
1Other words for annul
Other words from annul
- an·nul·la·ble, adjective
- self-an·nul·ling, adjective
- un·an·nul·la·ble, adjective
- un·an·nulled, adjective
Words that may be confused with annul
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How to use annul in a sentence
The latter at once concludes and annuls totemic tribal organization.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm WundtReligion is the champion of Grace; it pours contempt on "Law," the stronghold of Morality, even annuls it.
Impressions And Comments | Havelock EllisThis is rendered by Dr Stubbs in the margin: 'He annuls the truce and all the acts of the chancellor passed under the old seal.'
The reign of this democracy annuls differences of status, and insults over differences of ability or disposition.
Style | Walter RaleighIt annuls former treaties, and establishes a postal arrangement between Pekin and Kiachta.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life | Thomas Wallace Knox
British Dictionary definitions for annul
/ (əˈnʌl) /
(tr) to make (something, esp a law or marriage) void; cancel the validity of; abolish
Origin of annul
1Derived forms of annul
- annullable, adjective
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