nullify

English

Etymology

From null +‎ -ify.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʌlɪfaɪ/

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Verb

nullify (third-person singular simple present nullifies, present participle nullifying, simple past and past participle nullified)

1. (transitive, law) To make legally invalid.

   Near-synonyms: cancel, void

   The contract has been nullified.

2. To prevent from happening.
3. To make of no use or value; to cancel out.
   • 1983, Men At Work (lyrics and music), “Overkill”, in Cargo:

     It nullifies the night / from overkill

Synonyms

• (to make legally invalid): annul, cancel

Related terms

• annihilate
• null
• null and void
• nullifiable
• nullification

 

Translations

make legally invalid

• Bulgarian: анулирам (bg) (anuliram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: annuleren (nl), vernietigen (nl), ongedaan maken
• Finnish: mitätöidä (fi)
• French: annuler (fr), nullifier (fr)
• German: annullieren (de)
• Greek: ακυρώνω (el) (akyróno)

  Ancient: ἀθετέω (athetéō)

• Hebrew: ביטל \ בִּטֵּל (bitél)
• Hungarian: érvénytelenít (hu), hatálytalanít (hu)
• Interlingua: nullificar
• Italian: annullare (it), cassare (it)
• Japanese: 取り消す (ja) (torikesu), 破棄する (ja) (haki suru)
• Korean: 취소하다 (ko) (chwisohada)
• Maori: whakakāhore
• Ottoman Turkish: ابطال ایتمك (ibtâl etmek), بوزمق (bozmak)
• Portuguese: anular (pt), cassar (pt)
• Romanian: a anula (ro)
• Russian: аннули́ровать (ru) impf or pf (annulírovatʹ)
• Spanish: anular (es), derogar (es), abrogar (es), casar (es)
• Swedish: omintetgöra (sv), annullera (sv), upphäva (sv), ogiltigförklara (sv)
• Yiddish: מבֿטל זײַן (mevatl zayn)

prevent from happening

• Bulgarian: неутрализирам (bg) (neutraliziram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: estää (fi), ehkäistä (fi)
• French: annuler (fr)
• Hungarian: megakadályoz (hu)
• Portuguese: evitar (pt)

make of no use or value

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: kumota (fi), mitätöidä (fi)
• French: annuler (fr)
• Italian: neutralizzare (it)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} annullare (it)