quash

[ kwosh ]

/ kwɒʃ /

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verb (used with object)

to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.

to make void, annul, or set aside (a law, indictment, decision, etc.).

Nearby words

quartz-iodine lamp, quartziferous, quartzite, quasar, quasars, quash, quasheba, quashee, quashi, quasi, quasi contract

Origin of quash

1300–50; Middle English quashen to smash, break, overcome, suppress < Old French quasser, in part < Latin quassāre to shake (frequentative of quatere to shake; cf. concussion); in part < Late Latin cassāre to annul, derivative of Latin cassus empty, void

SYNONYMS FOR quash

1 crush, squash, quench, repress.

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Related forms

un·quashed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for quash

Fergie did nothing to quash rumors of remarriage when asked about the controversial subject this weekend, reports Tom Sykes.
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Egyptian forces have also launched a series of coordinated operations in Sinai in an attempt to quash rising insurgency.
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It all seems perfectly choreographed to quash the assumption that she is no more than a little flirt.
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The Greater Israel crowd, however, is ready to sacrifice Israeli democracy to quash divergent views.
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If he had, say fifteen hundred dollars, he could quash the indictment against him.
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I know you didn't, but you implied it, and I want to quash any such suggestion at once.
The Come Back|Carolyn Wells
Five minutes in hell will quash forever all the infidel theories that ever were propounded in this world.
The Great Commission|C. H. (Charles Henry) Mackintosh
Roebuck insists on it; and Disraeli announced his determined opposition to any attempt to quash it.
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They moved to quash the indictment on which he was brought to trial.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10|Various

British Dictionary definitions for quash

quash

/ (kwɒʃ) /

verb (tr)

to subdue forcefully and completely; put down; suppress

to annul or make void (a law, decision, etc)

to reject (an indictment, writ, etc) as invalid

Word Origin for quash

C14: from Old French quasser, from Latin quassāre to shake

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