NULLIFYING

Verb

nullifying

present participle of nullify

Source: Wiktionary


NULLIFY

Nul"li*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nullified; p. pr. & vb. n. Nullifying.] Etym: [L. nullificare; nullus none + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Null, a., and -fy.]

Definition: To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy. Such correspondence would at once nullify the conditions of the probationary system. I. Taylor.

Syn.

– To abrogate; revoke; annul; repeal; invalidate; cancel. See Abolish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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16 March 2025

SUSPENDED

(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”


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