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quash
Overview of verb quash
The verb quash has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce -- (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")
2. invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify -- (declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea")
Grep of noun quash
acorn squash
buttercup squash
butternut squash
crookneck squash
hubbard squash
marrow squash
musquash
pattypan squash
spaghetti squash
squash
summer squash
turban squash
winter crookneck squash
winter squash
yellow squash
Antonyms of verb quash
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb quash
2 senses of quash
Sense 1
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
=> oppress, suppress, crush
Sense 2
invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
=> cancel, strike down
=> declare, adjudge, hold
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb quash
1 of 2 senses of quash
Sense 2
invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
=> break
=> stet
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb quash
2 senses of quash
Sense 1
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
=> oppress, suppress, crush
Sense 2
invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
=> cancel, strike down
'Cause To' of verb quash
Derived Forms of verb quash
Domain of verb quash
Domain Terms of verb quash
Familiarity of verb quash
quash used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb quash
2 senses of quash
Sense 1
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb quash
2 senses of quash
Sense 1
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
> oppress, suppress, crush
=> repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
Sense 2
invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
> cancel, strike down
=> revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate
=> remit
=> write off
=> invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
=> recall
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb quash
Sense 1
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
=> oppress, suppress, crush
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Sense 2
invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
=> cancel, strike down
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Grep of verb quash
quash
squash
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