nullify – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
nullify
v.
make null; annul; invalidate, negate; (slang) kill a person (used in Star Trek)
Nullification
Nullification may refer to:
- Nullification (U.S. Constitution), the legal principle that any federal enactment which is not "made in Pursuance" of the Constitution under Article VI, Clause 2 is ipso facto null and void.
- Nullification Crisis, the 1832 confrontation between the U.S. government and South Carolina over the latter's attempt to nullify a federal law
- Jury nullification, a legal term that refers to a jury's ability to deliver a verdict knowingly in contradiction to written law
- Nullification, a form of body modification involving the voluntary removal of body parts
nullify
Verb
1. declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
(synonym) invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid
(hypernym) cancel, strike down
(hyponym) break
(derivation) invalidator, voider, nullifier
2. show to be invalid
(synonym) invalidate
(hypernym) negate, contradict
3. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"
(synonym) neutralize, neutralise, negate
(hypernym) weaken
(derivation) nullification, override
Nullify
(a.)
To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
nullify
Synonyms and related words:
abate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, absolve, annihilate, annul, assert the contrary, belie, bring to naught, bring to nothing, buffer, cancel, cancel out, come to nothing, compensate, confine, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, counteract, counterbalance, countermand, counterorder, countervail, cross, declare a moratorium, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disannul, disavow, disclaim, disown, disprove, dispute, do away with, forswear, frustrate, gainsay, impugn, invalidate, join issue upon, limit, make void, negate, negativate, negative, neutralize, not accept, not admit, obliterate, offset, oppose, override, overrule, quash, recall, recant, refuse to admit, refute, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, restrict, retract, reverse, revoke, set aside, stultify, suspend, take back, take issue with, thwart, undo, vacate, vitiate, void, waive, wipe out, withdraw, write off
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
