nullify
verb (used with object)
to render or declare legally void or inoperative.
was nullifying
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past progressiveof nullify.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“What if the Reconstruction Congress had explicitly stated — right there in the original statutory text — that it was nullifying all common-law defenses against Section 1983 actions?”
From New York Times ● May 15, 2023
Might be because Nadir Belhadj was nullifying his threat in the first half.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2010
