voided

[ voi-did ]
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adjective
  1. having a void.

  2. having been made void: a voided contract.

  1. having a section or area that has been cut out or omitted: a voided Greek cross.

  2. Heraldry. (of a charge) depicted as if the center had been removed so as to leave only an outline: an inescutcheon voided.

Origin of voided

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; void + -ed2

Other words from voided

  • un·void·ed, adjective

Words Nearby voided

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How to use voided in a sentence

  • The meltdown of the Chernobyl reactor blew the unit's casing apart and voided the core to the atmosphere.

  • The product is then multiplied by the number of cubic centimeters voided in twenty-four hours and divided by 1000.

    A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
  • There have been, however, various and indisputable evidences of hairs found in the kidneys, and voided by natural discharge.

  • The eggs may be voided by the sheep, may fall upon the herbage, and there remain till they are eaten.

    A Treatise on Sheep: | Ambrose Blacklock
  • The hogs evidently thought it feed time, for they rushed forward and began to squabble over the voided matter.

    Lincolniana | Andrew Adderup
  • The Bee must therefore be killed outright instead of being paralysed, or the honey will not be voided.

    More Hunting Wasps | J. Henri Fabre

British Dictionary definitions for voided

voided

/ (ˈvɔɪdɪd) /


adjective
  1. heraldry (of a design) with a hole in the centre of the same shape as the design: a voided lozenge

  2. rare having a void or made void

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