negates
Renders it void
Negates means to nullify, cancel out, or make ineffective.
A single mistake can negate hours of careful work.
In logic, to negate a statement is to assert its opposite—negating "all swans are white" yields "not all swans are white." The word often appears in discussions of factors that counteract each other: The benefits of exercise are negated by a poor diet.
Revoke or terminate
- offsetCompensate by opposing force
- counteractNullify by opposing force
- counterbalanceOffsetting force or weight
- undoReverse a prior action
nullify · balance out · compensate · equalize · cancel out · neutralize · obviate · reverse
Declare legally void
- voidWithout legal effect
- invalidateMake null or void
- nullifyMake of no effect
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
revoke · abrogate · repeal · quash · countermand · vacate · overturn · abolish
Prove something untrue
- denyRefuse to admit
- rebutDisprove by argument
- disproveProve something untrue
- counterFlat service surface
dispute · challenge · controvert · confute · gainsay · belie · discredit · debunk
Reduce in strength
- impugnAttack as false
- delegitimizeDeny rightful authority
- diminishTo make smaller
- erodeDiminish through persistent friction
subvert · sabotage · compromise · damage · cast doubt on · call into question · undercut · discredit
cancel
Revoke or terminate
- offsetCompensate by opposing force
- counteractNullify by opposing force
- counterbalanceOffsetting force or weight
undo · nullify · balance out · compensate · equalize · cancel out · neutralize · obviate · reverse · annihilate
annul
Declare legally void
- voidWithout legal effect
- invalidateMake null or void
- nullifyMake of no effect
rescind · revoke · abrogate · repeal · quash · countermand · vacate · overturn · abolish · dissolve
refute
Prove something untrue
counter · dispute · challenge · controvert · confute · gainsay · belie · discredit · debunk · repudiate
weaken
Reduce in strength
- impugnAttack as false
- delegitimizeDeny rightful authority
- diminishTo make smaller
erode · subvert · sabotage · compromise · damage · cast doubt on · call into question · undercut · discredit · devalue
- verbsjump, be, speak, wait, do
- criticismscriticizes, disparages, condemns, denounces, censures
- tarnishesblemishes, blots, corrupts, defames, denigrates
- disagree verbsdenies, opposes, disputes, rejects, challenges
negatesreinforces
Strengthens or supports further
strengthens · bolsters · amplifies · enhances · fortifies
- negative campaigningAttacking opponents during elections
- negative thoughts
- positive and negativeOpposing values or polarities
- negative numberValue below zero
- double negativePaired negations in syntax
- negative feedbackResponse indicating problems
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