nullify
verb (used with object)
to render or declare legally void or inoperative.
has nullified
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present perfectof nullify (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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An appeals court in Peru has nullified a lower court’s verdict against archaeologist Marcela Poirier, who was convicted of defamation after publicly accusing prominent archaeologist Luis Jaime Castillo Butters of sexual harassment.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 18, 2023
S&S has nullified the contract of a right-wing firebrand before, declining to publish a book by Milo Yiannopoulos in 2017 in the wake of his controversial comments on pedophilia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2021
“Tree planting has nullified some of the strategic opportunities that this incredible course used to offer,” says one architect, John Fought.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 3, 2019
The law contains several exceptions, such as one allowing state prosecutors to bring charges when a court has nullified an earlier federal trial.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2018
Step by step the progress of science has nullified every theory on which the physician administers alcohol.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen
