invalidate
verb (used with object)
to render invalid; discredit.
had invalidated
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past perfectof invalidate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Board, the court had invalidated legislation in order to demand that states desegregate.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2023
The court last month had invalidated another part of the bill that, among other things, involved changes to publicity rules in electoral campaigns.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
In its legal filing, however, the Realtor and landlord groups describe the policy not as a new moratorium but as an extension of the past approach that the judge had invalidated.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2021
In 1976, for example, he cast a fifth vote to permit states to reauthorize the death penalty just four years after the court had invalidated it.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2019
By that time aging and blurring of the original lead pencil notes, together with recopying, had invalidated the record till it is no longer altogether reliable.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 by Work Projects Administration
