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
Necker would have had a more or less complete surrender, the Queen and her set would have preferred an act of authority which should have annulled all that the Commons had done.
From The French Revolution by Belloc, Hilaire
"Cornelia and I have annulled our engagement," he said very quietly.
From Molly Make-Believe by Tittle, Walter
The king's request was an ordinary one; and the same plenary power of the pope which had granted a dispensation for his espousing of Catharine, could easily have annulled the marriage.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary by Hume, David
