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Meaning of quash

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  quash
      v 1: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes
           any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her
           dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners
           subjugated the peasants working the land" [syn: {repress},
           {quash}, {keep down}, {subdue}, {subjugate}, {reduce}]
      2: declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
         [syn: {invalidate}, {annul}, {quash}, {void}, {avoid},
         {nullify}] [ant: {formalise}, {formalize}, {validate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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