annul
verb (used with object)
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate.
have annulled
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present perfectof annul.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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Judges in Malawi have annulled last year’s elections and called for a new ballot within 150 days.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 3, 2020
Just which marriage they wanted to have annulled* was at first not quite clear, since "Stash" Radziwill.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Next time, we will hope you will have annulled the reason," he retorted.
From The Dominant Strain by H. C. (Harry C.) Edwards
But if the former system would have invested them with an excessive authority, the latter would have annulled their influence altogether.
From Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Henry Reeves
If this usage had continued, the Clergy and the Nobles combined would have annulled every measure voted by the Commons.
From The Theory of Social Revolutions by Brooks Adams
