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quash 音标拼音: [kw'ɔʃ] vt. 撤消,镇定,镇压 撤消,镇定,镇压 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" [synonym: {repress}, {quash}, {keep down}, {subdue}, {subjugate}, {reduce}] 2: declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" [synonym: {invalidate}, {annul}, {quash}, {void}, {avoid}, {nullify}] [ant: {formalise}, {formalize}, {validate}] Quash \Quash\, v. i. To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise. [1913 Webster] Quash \Quash\, n. Same as {Squash}. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The whales Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed, Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed. --Waller. [1913 Webster] 2. To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion. [1913 Webster] Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief. --Barrow. [1913 Webster] 76 Moby Thesaurus words for "quash": abate, abrogate, annihilate, annul, asphyxiate, black out, bottle up, cancel, censor, choke, choke off, clamp down on, cork, cork up, crack down on, crush, damp down, discharge, dissolve, drown, extinguish, gag, hold down, hugger-mugger, hush, hush up, hush-hush, invalidate, jump on, keep down, keep under, kill, muffle, muzzle, negate, nullify, overrule, overthrow, overwhelm, pour water on, put down, put out, quell, quench, reject, repress, rescind, reverse, revoke, set aside, shush, shut down on, silence, sit down on, sit on, smash, smother, snuff out, squash, squelch, stamp out, stanch, stifle, strangle, stultify, subdue, suffocate, suppress, throttle, throw out, trample out, trample underfoot, undo, vacate, vitiate, void
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