quash

English

Etymology

From Old French quasser, from Latin quassāre, present active infinitive of quassō.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kwɒʃ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kwɑʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɒʃ

Verb

quash (third-person singular simple present quashes, present participle quashing, simple past and past participle quashed)

1. To defeat forcibly.

   The army quashed the rebellion.

   • Barrow

     Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief.

2. To crush or dash to pieces.
   • Waller

     The whales / Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed, / Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed.

3. (law) To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).

Translations

to defeat forcibly

• Dutch: onderdrukken (nl)
• Finnish: tukahduttaa, kukistaa (fi)

• Polish: tłumić (pl)

to void or suppress (a subpoena, decision)

• Dutch: vernietigen (nl), ongeldig verklaren
• Finnish: kumota (fi)
• French: supprimer (fr), annuler (fr)

• Polish: unieważniać
• Portuguese: anular (pt)

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: спирам, потушавам (1), отменям, анулирам (2)
• German: vernichten, unterdrücken, ablehnen, verwerfen, aufheben (2)

Anagrams

• huqas