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All blow sky-high synonyms

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verb blow sky-high

  • impair — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
  • annul — If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
  • revoke — to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
  • undo — to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
  • abolish — If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
  • nullify — to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
  • discredit — to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians.
  • quash — to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
  • negate — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
  • abrogate — If someone in a position of authority abrogates something such as a law, agreement, or practice, they put an end to it.
  • disqualify — to deprive of qualification or fitness; render unfit; incapacitate.
  • overrule — to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person): The senator was overruled by the committee chairman.
  • undermine — to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
  • annihilate — To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
  • abate — If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
  • refute — to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
  • overthrow — to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
  • neutralize — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
  • negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
  • nix — nothing.
  • unfit — not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable: He was unfit for his office.
  • counterbalance — To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
  • offset — something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
  • cancel — If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
  • counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
  • weaken — to make weak or weaker.
  • disannul — to annul utterly; make void: to disannul a contract.
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