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All nullify synonyms

nulΒ·liΒ·fy
N n

verb nullify

  • invalidate β€” to render invalid; discredit.
  • annul β€” If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
  • cancel out β€” If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
  • abolish β€” If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
  • reverse β€” opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
  • quash β€” to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
  • cancel β€” 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.
  • revoke β€” to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
  • abrogate β€” If someone in a position of authority abrogates something such as a law, agreement, or practice, they put an end to it.
  • negate β€” to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
  • offset β€” something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
  • repeal β€” to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant.
  • rescind β€” to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
  • restrict β€” to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
  • torpedo β€” a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.
  • undo β€” to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
  • veto β€” the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
  • void β€” Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
  • wipe out β€” an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
  • abate β€” If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
  • annihilate β€” To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
  • ax β€” An ax is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade that is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
  • compensate β€” To compensate someone for money or things that they have lost means to pay them money or give them something to replace that money or those things.
  • confine β€” To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
  • counteract β€” To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
  • counterbalance β€” To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
  • countervail β€” to act or act against with equal power or force
  • kill β€” to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
  • limit β€” the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
  • neutralize β€” to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
  • neutralise β€” to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
  • renege β€” Cards. to play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play.
  • scratch β€” to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
  • scrub β€” to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
  • squash β€” to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
  • trash β€” anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
  • vitiate β€” to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
  • zap β€” to kill or shoot.
  • blue pencil β€” deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
  • disannul β€” to annul utterly; make void: to disannul a contract.
  • forget it β€” certainly not
  • nig β€” nidge.
  • stamp out β€” to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
  • take out β€” the act of taking.
  • wash out β€” to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
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