annul
verb (used with object)
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate.
annuls
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present tense formof annul (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It is ironic that Parrott has a penchant for tattoos - his injury time winner against Hungary on Sunday is a moment now permanently inked in the annuls of Irish football.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025
India’s child marriage law deems the act of marrying below adult age illegal, but the marriage itself is valid until either party annuls it once they reach adulthood.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
As of Friday it annuls all convictions for political, ideological, religious beliefs or sexual orientation.
From Reuters ● Oct. 20, 2022
Sept. 7: Mexico’s Supreme Court unanimously annuls portions of a law in Coahuila — a state on the Texas border — that had made abortion a criminal act.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
The influence of the press partly annuls itself; it has a thousand voices to speak, and a thousand others to answer and destroy what it has said.
From Priests, Women, and Families by Michelet, Jules
