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quash


  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quash  \Quash\,  v.  t.  [OF.  quasser  F.  casser,  fr  L.  quassare  to 
  shake,  shatter,  shiver,  v.  intens.  fr  quatere,  quassum  to 
  shake,  shatter.  Cf  {Concussion},  {Discuss},  {Rescue},  and 
  also  {Quash}  to  annul.] 
  1.  To  beat  down  or  beat  in  pieces;  to  dash  forcibly;  to 
  crush. 
 
  The  whales  Against  sharp  rocks,  like  reeling 
  vessels,  quashed,  Though  huge  as  mountains,  are  in 
  pieces  dashed.  --Waller. 
 
  2.  To  crush;  to  subdue;  to  suppress  or  extinguish  summarily 
  and  completely;  as  to  quash  a  rebellion. 
 
  Contrition  is  apt  to  quash  or  allay  all  worldly 
  grief.  --Barrow. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quash  \Quash\,  n. 
  Same  as  {Squash}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quash  \Quash\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Quashed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Quashing}.]  [OF.  quasser  F.  casser,  fr  L.  cassare  to 
  annihilate,  annul,  fr  cassus  empty,  vain,  of  uncertain 
  origin.  The  word  has  been  confused  with  L.  quassare  to  shake, 
  F.  casser  to  break,  which  is  probably  of  different  origin. 
  Cf  {Cashier},  v.  t.]  (Law) 
  To  abate,  annul,  overthrow,  or  make  void;  as  to  quash  an 
  indictment.  --Blackstone. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quash  \Quash\,  v.  i. 
  To  be  shaken,  or  dashed  about  with  noise. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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}, 
  {keep  down},  {subdue},  {subjugate},  {reduce}] 
  2:  declare  invalid;  "The  contract  was  annulled";  "avoid  a  plea" 
  [syn:  {invalidate},  {annul},  {void},  {avoid},  {nullify}] 
  [ant:  {validate}] 




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