Synonyms for nullify
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Verb
1. Invalidate — to make legally invalid
invalidate, annul, quash, abrogate, void, negate, neutralize, neutralise UK, abolish, cancel, vitiate, repeal, overrule, annihilate, revoke, avoid, contravene, cancel out, extinguish, frustrate, vacate, undo, deface
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Definitions
- v. 1
To make legally invalid.
The contract has been nullified.
Related words
- Word family
- null nullification
Forms
- Past participle
- nullified
e.g. nullified → invalidated, annulled, quashed, abrogated…
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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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- invalidate Ziri doesn't want to invalidate his ablutions.
- quash The CEO is trying to quash these unfounded rumors about a merger.
- abrogate Did the ruling abrogate your right to seek compensation?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| nullify | falling | |
| invalidate | falling | |
| quash | falling | |
| annul | falling | |
| abrogate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- void1, undo2
- 5 letters
- avoid2, quash1, annul2
- 6 letters
- cancel2, repeal2, revoke2, vacate2, negate2, deface2
- 7 letters
- abolish3, vitiate3
- 8 letters
- overrule3, abrogate3
- 9 letters
- frustrate2
- 10 letters
- neutralize3, invalidate4, extinguish3, annihilate4, neutralise, contravene3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (undo2 = 2 syllables).