verb
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to subdue forcefully and completely; put down; suppress
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to annul or make void (a law, decision, etc)
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to reject (an indictment, writ, etc) as invalid
Other Word Forms
- unquashed adjective
Etymology
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; concussion ); in part < Late Latin cassāre to annul, derivative of Latin cassus empty, void
Example Sentences
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Earlier this month, a federal judge quashed subpoenas issued to the Fed as part of the probe, with the court saying there was "a mountain of evidence" to suggest the investigation was a pressure tactic.
From Barron's
Earlier this month, a federal judge quashed the subpoenas after a prosecutor acknowledged no evidence of wrongdoing had been found, but U.S.
From Barron's
District Judge James Boasberg quashed the subpoenas in the case because the government has “produced essentially zero evidence to suspect Chair Powell of a crime.”
His conviction was later quashed by the same court in 2023 when new DNA evidence linked the crime to another man.
From BBC
A fare hike authorised by the country's transport regulator, meanwhile, was quashed by President Ferdinand Marcos a day after it was announced.
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