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Synonyms for nullify
ˈnʌl əˌfaɪnul·li·fy
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Wiktionary
nullifyverb
to make legally invalid.
The contract has been nullified.
Synonyms:
terminate
English Synonyms and Antonyms
nullify
Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.
Synonyms:
abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminateAntonyms:
authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
nullify
Synonyms:
abrogate, neutralize, cancel, abolish, extinguish, annul, quash, repealAntonyms:
confirm, perpetuate, reenact, stabilitate, establish, cherish
Princeton's WordNet
invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullifyverb
declare invalid
"The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
Synonyms:
ward off, empty, fend off, keep off, avoid, quash, keep down, neutralize, annul, overturn, lift, neutralise, head off, deflect, stave off, rescind, subjugate, evacuate, reduce, avert, vitiate, repeal, invalidate, debar, forefend, negate, forfend, reverse, obviate, revoke, vacate, subdue, cancel, void, countermand, repressinvalidate, nullifyverb
show to be invalid
Synonyms:
neutralise, void, vitiate, neutralize, annul, avoid, cancel, invalidate, negate, quashneutralize, neutralise, nullify, negateverb
make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
"Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"
Synonyms:
waste, countervail, avoid, counterbalance, contravene, knock off, belie, annul, counteract, invalidate, neutralise, neutralize, negate, quash, contradict, liquidate, do in, void
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
nullifyverb
Synonyms:
annul, invalidate, cancel, abrogate, repeal, make void, make of no effect
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
nullifyverb
Synonyms:
invalidate, abrogate, cancel, repeal, countermand
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#317 | end | |
#1651 | remove | |
#1980 | waste | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#2215 | avoid | |
#2448 | void | |
#2964 | empty | |
#3439 | cancel | |
#3815 | reverse | |
#4499 | lift | |
#6266 | destroy | |
#10518 | terminate | |
#13003 | prohibit | |
#13782 | override | |
#16588 | repeal | |
#16683 | suppress | |
#20237 | abort | |
#22918 | revoke | |
#27471 | overthrow | |
#27695 | abolish | |
#27874 | contradict | |
#28847 | eradicate | |
#30654 | avert | |
#32560 | evacuate | |
#34032 | invalidate | |
#34999 | overturn | |
#36540 | vacate | |
#36830 | counteract | |
#39432 | negate | |
#39656 | neutralize | |
#40873 | abate | |
#44754 | deflect | |
#45132 | rescind | |
#45925 | extinguish | |
#51579 | subvert | |
#54755 | subdue | |
#55344 | supplant | |
#56041 | repress | |
#56710 | liquidate | |
#65153 | contravene | |
#65899 | nullify | |
#66079 | annihilate | |
#66240 | quash | |
#67974 | counterbalance | |
#68362 | exterminate | |
#72502 | obliterate | |
#79750 | obviate | |
#80071 | annul | |
#83175 | abrogate | |
#97537 | belie | |
#116275 | subjugate | |
#121624 | vitiate | |
#123666 | neutralise | |
#145048 | debar | |
#228927 | extirpate | |
#295290 | countermand | |
#310124 | countervail | |
#332329 | forfend |
How to use nullify in a sentence?
From day one, the wretched Washington swamp has been trying to nullify the results of a truly great and democratic election. They're trying, they're not getting very far. They want to erase your vote like it never existed. They want to erase your voice and they want to erase your future, but they will fail, because in America the people rule again, this is nothing but a partisan witch hunt, sabotage.
Whitaker's view of nullification is strictly political. That is, he would like it, politically, if States could disobey (nullify) federal law. As a legal matter, however, nullification finds no support in Constitutional law, indeed, Whitaker himself acknowledges this ... As acting Attorney General, I presume he will uphold federal legal principals.
The Democrats voted to potentially nullify the votes of 63 million Americans, disgracing themselves and bringing shame upon the House of Representatives, make no mistake, they are coming after the Republican Party and me because I'm fighting for you.
They are trying to destroy and nullify everything that has been built by the democratic world during the last 80 years, since the end of World War II.
I mean, just think when Trump was president, I mean, you know, you had some of these major legacy outlets ran for years with unproven conspiracy theory about Russia collusion. And that was meant to basically divide the country. They wanted to mobilize against Trump as much as they talk about the 2020. They didn't accept the 2016 election. They wanted to basically nullify that result.
Translations for nullify
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- يبطلArabic
- annullierenGerman
- ακυρώνωGreek
- derogar, casar, anular, abrogarSpanish
- بی اثر کردنPersian
- mitätöidä, estää, ehkäistäFinnish
- annulerFrench
- nullificarInterlingua
- annullare, cassareItalian
- 取り消す, 破棄Japanese
- vernietigen, annulerenDutch
- oppheverNorwegian
- anulaRomanian
- аннули́роватьRussian
- annullera, omintetgöra, upphäva, ogiltigförklaraSwedish
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