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What does quash mean?

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Verb
  1. To defeat forcibly.
  2. To crush or dash to pieces.
  3. (law) To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).
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Unless the military brass feels comfortable that certain sectors of the industry remain competitive, it has the ability to quash the deal.
For the reasons set out in the judgment which is handed down we allow this appeal and quash the conviction.
The jury convicted and the Court of Appeal refused to quash the conviction.
In fact, to quash all doubts, zero on the Kelvin scale is dubbed absolute zero.
More bobbies heading for the beat across Essex will help quash the fear of crime, Castle Point's council leader hopes.
The playwright allows a predetermined narrative structure to quash the complexities that make Yamashita's case worthy of dramatization.

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