QUASH


Meaning of QUASH in English

/kwosh/ , v.t.

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

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

[ 1300-50; ME quashen to smash, break, overcome, suppress quasser, in part quassare to shake (freq. of quatere to shake; cf. CONCUSSION); in part cassare to annul, deriv. of L cassus empty, void ]

Syn. 1. crush, squash, quench, repress.

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