ANNUL

revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate

(verb) cancel officially; “He revoked the ban on smoking”; “lift an embargo”; “vacate a death sentence”

invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify

(verb) declare invalid; “The contract was annulled”; “void a plea”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

annul (third-person singular simple present annuls, present participle annulling, simple past and past participle annulled)

(transitive) To formally revoke the validity of.

(transitive) To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.

Anagrams

• Luann, Lunan

Source: Wiktionary

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An*nul", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Annulling.] Etym: [F. annuler, LL. annullare, annulare, fr. L. ad to + nullus none, nullum, neut., nothing. See Null, a.]

1. To reduce to nothing; to obliterate. Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct. And all her various objects of delight Annulled. Milton.

2. To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority. Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to our liberties Burke.

Syn.

– To abolish; abrogate; repeal; cancel; reverse; rescind; revoke; nullify; destroy. See Abolish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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