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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kwosh |
| Phonetic Transcription : kwɒʃ |
Definition of quashed
Origin :- "to make void, annul," early 14c., from Old French quasser, casser "to annul, declare void," and directly from Medieval Latin quassare, alteration of Late Latin cassare, from cassus "null, void, empty" (see caste (n.)).
- Meaning "to break, crush," is early 14c., from Old French quasser, casser "to break, smash, injure, harm, weaken," from Latin quassare "to shatter," frequentative of quatere (past participle quassus) "to shake," from PIE root *kwet- "to shake" (cf. Greek passein "to sprinkle," Lithuanian kuteti "to shake up," Old Saxon skuddian "to move violently," German schütteln "to shake," Old English scudan "to hasten").
- The words have influenced each other in form and sense since Medieval Latin and now are somewhat grown together. Related: Quashed; quashing.
- verb destroy, defeat
- verb nullify, cancel
- For one moment I drew a breath of hope; and then my hope was quashed.
- Extract from : « Daisy » by Elizabeth Wetherell
- Somebody's darling's ideals were quashed; Somebody's darling went unwashed.
- Extract from : « A Yeoman's Letters » by P. T. Ross
- He then quashed the charge, and decided to wait for information.
- Extract from : « The Amazing Marriage, Complete » by George Meredith
- The conviction was quashed on December 18 by the High Court.
- Extract from : « The Annual Register 1914 » by Anonymous
- The matter was examined and the legate ordered the suit to be quashed.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 1 » by Various
- I think, too, that he quashed an attempt to call our own Fulbert by his other name.'
- Extract from : « The Pillars of the House, Vol. I (of 2) » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- This marriage must be quashed; and hark ye, Procurator, you must help me.
- Extract from : « The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson » by Robert Louis Stevenson
- He was about to be condemned when the king, in a bed of justice, quashed the proceedings.
- Extract from : « Paris » by William Walton
- And then the indictment must be quashed, or something of that kind done.
- Extract from : « The Last Chronicle of Barset » by Anthony Trollope
- Mr. Steward Firth ordered the conviction to be quashed, with costs.
- Extract from : « Norfolk Annals » by Charles Mackie
Synonyms for quashed
- abrogate
- annihilate
- annul
- beat
- black out
- bottle up
- clamp down on
- cork up
- crack down on
- crush
- declare null and void
- discharge
- dissolve
- extinguish
- extirpate
- hush up
- invalidate
- kill
- negate
- overcome
- overrule
- overthrow
- put damper on
- put down
- put the lid on
- quell
- quench
- repeal
- repress
- rescind
- reverse
- revoke
- scrunch
- set aside
- shut down
- snow under
- squash
- squelch
- squish
- subdue
- suppress
- trash
- undo
- vacate
- veto
- vitiate
- void
- watergate
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