quash

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /kwɑʃ/ UK /kwɒʃ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to reject or void, especially by legal procedure

The judge moved to quash the indictment.

Verb forms

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Synonyms

1 verb · to reject or void,... suppress crush quell squash annul void nullify

Opposites

uphold validate ratify confirm

Word family

Derived forms quashedquashing

Related forms squash quell

Etymology

From Old French quasser, casser ('to annul, break'), from Latin cassare ('to annul'), from cassus ('void, empty'); partly conflated with quassare ('to shatter').

quasser Old French cassare Latin cassus Latin

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# quash

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /kwɑʃ/
**IPA (UK):** /kwɒʃ/

## Meanings
1. to reject or void, especially by legal procedure

## Examples
- The judge moved to quash the indictment.

## Synonyms
- suppress
- crush
- quell
- squash
- annul
- void
- nullify

## Antonyms
- uphold
- validate
- ratify
- confirm

## Derived Forms
- quashed
- quashing

## Related Forms
- squash
- quell

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: quasser
- Root: cassare
- Root: cassus

## Etymology
From Old French quasser, casser ('to annul, break'), from Latin cassare ('to annul'), from cassus ('void, empty'); partly conflated with quassare ('to shatter').

## AI Etymology
Quash comes from Old French quasser, casser ('to annul, break'), from Latin cassare ('to annul'), from cassus ('void, empty'); partly conflated with quassare ('to shatter'). The historical chain includes Old French quasser, Latin cassare, and Latin cassus. The quoted older senses, "to annul, break", "to annul", "void, empty", and "to shatter", supply the semantic anchors for quash. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word quash carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a verb, "to reject or void, especially by legal procedure". English derivatives include quashed and quashing; related English forms include squash and quell. The result is a verb whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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