quash 音标拼音: [kw'ɔʃ]
vt . 撤消,镇定,镇压
撤消,镇定,镇压
quash v 1 :
put down by force or intimidation ; "
The government quashes any attempt of an uprising "; "
China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently "; "
The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land " [
synonym : {
repress },
{
quash }, {
keep down }, {
subdue }, {
subjugate }, {
reduce }]
2 :
declare invalid ; "
The contract was annulled "; "
void a plea "
[
synonym : {
invalidate }, {
annul }, {
quash }, {
void }, {
avoid },
{
nullify }] [
ant : {
formalise }, {
formalize }, {
validate }]
Quash \
Quash \,
v .
i .
To be shaken ,
or dashed about ,
with noise .
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Quash \
Quash \,
n .
Same as {
Squash }.
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Quash \
Quash \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Quashed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Quashing }.] [
OF .
quasser ,
F .
casser ,
fr .
L .
cassare to annihilate ,
annul ,
fr .
cassus empty ,
vain ,
of uncertain origin .
The word has been confused with L .
quassare to shake ,
F .
casser to break ,
which is probably of different origin .
Cf . {
Cashier },
v .
t .] (
Law )
To abate ,
annul ,
overthrow ,
or make void ;
as ,
to quash an indictment . --
Blackstone .
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Quash \
Quash \,
v .
t . [
OF .
quasser ,
F .
casser ,
fr .
L .
quassare to shake ,
shatter ,
shiver ,
v .
intens .
fr .
quatere ,
quassum ,
to shake ,
shatter .
Cf . {
Concussion }, {
Discuss }, {
Rescue },
and also {
Quash }
to annul .]
1 .
To beat down ,
or beat in pieces ;
to dash forcibly ;
to crush .
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The whales Against sharp rocks ,
like reeling vessels ,
quashed ,
Though huge as mountains ,
are in pieces dashed .
--
Waller .
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2 .
To crush ;
to subdue ;
to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely ;
as ,
to quash a rebellion .
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Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief . --
Barrow .
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76 Moby Thesaurus words for "
quash ":
abate ,
abrogate ,
annihilate ,
annul ,
asphyxiate ,
black out ,
bottle up ,
cancel ,
censor ,
choke ,
choke off ,
clamp down on ,
cork ,
cork up ,
crack down on ,
crush ,
damp down ,
discharge ,
dissolve ,
drown ,
extinguish ,
gag ,
hold down ,
hugger -
mugger ,
hush ,
hush up ,
hush -
hush ,
invalidate ,
jump on ,
keep down ,
keep under ,
kill ,
muffle ,
muzzle ,
negate ,
nullify ,
overrule ,
overthrow ,
overwhelm ,
pour water on ,
put down ,
put out ,
quell ,
quench ,
reject ,
repress ,
rescind ,
reverse ,
revoke ,
set aside ,
shush ,
shut down on ,
silence ,
sit down on ,
sit on ,
smash ,
smother ,
snuff out ,
squash ,
squelch ,
stamp out ,
stanch ,
stifle ,
strangle ,
stultify ,
subdue ,
suffocate ,
suppress ,
throttle ,
throw out ,
trample out ,
trample underfoot ,
undo ,
vacate ,
vitiate ,
void
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