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annullare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
  • annul verb To officially declare something invalid or void, as if it never legally existed.
  • break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
  • cancel verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
  • kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
  • nullify verb To make legally invalid.
  • obliterate verb To destroy something completely, leaving no trace.
  • quash verb To officially cancel or reject a legal decision, charge, or order.
  • repeal verb To officially cancel a law.
  • revoke verb To officially cancel or withdraw something, such as a license, law, or permission.
  • scrub verb To clean something by rubbing hard, often with a brush.
  • undo verb To reverse or cancel the effect of something already done.
  • void adjective Completely empty; containing nothing.

Senses

annullare is used for these senses in English:

  • annul (transitive) To formally revoke the validity of.
  • break (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
  • cancel (transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
  • cancel (transitive, neologism) To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel culture.
  • nullify (transitive, legal) To make legally invalid.
  • obliterate To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
  • quash (legal) To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).
  • revoke (transitive) To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.

abate — full definition

  1. verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
  2. verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.

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