quashes
Puts down decisively
Quashes means suppresses or puts an end to something forcefully.
A government quashes a rebellion; a court quashes an indictment by declaring it invalid.
The word often appears in legal contexts where rulings are voided or set aside: The judge quashed the subpoena.
More broadly, to quash is to crush or extinguish: She quashed any hope of reconciliation.
Stops from speaking
- stiflesSuppresses or restrains
- crushesCompresses with force
- squelchesForcibly silences or suppresses
- extinguishesCauses to stop burning
smothers · stamps out · puts down · squashes · subdues · represses · muzzles · censors
Invalidates or topples
- annulsDeclares legally invalid
- voidsEmptinesses or nullifies
- reversesSwitches to opposite direction
- invalidatesMakes no longer binding
nullifies · dismisses · vacates · sets aside · overrules · revokes · repeals · abrogates
Causes to vanish
- dashesShort fast races
- destroysCauses complete ruin
- demolishesTears down completely
- shattersBreaks into fragments
kills · ends · defeats · ruins · extinguishes · deflates · undermines · dampens
silences
Stops from speaking
extinguishes · smothers · stamps out · puts down · squashes · subdues · represses · muzzles · censors · suppresses
overturns
Invalidates or topples
invalidates · nullifies · dismisses · vacates · sets aside · overrules · revokes · repeals · abrogates · rescinds
dispels
Causes to vanish
- dashesShort fast races
- destroysCauses complete ruin
- demolishesTears down completely
shatters · kills · ends · defeats · ruins · extinguishes · deflates · undermines · dampens · dooms
quashesamplifies
Increases strength or volume
broadcasts · publicizes · shows · reveals · disseminates