🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

annuler

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /a.ny.le/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Quash/kwɒʃ/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"La cour a décidé d'annuler le jugement."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To reject or void a legal decision, charge, or conviction through judicial procedure.

    "The appellate court decided to quash the lower court's controversial ruling."
  2. 2

    To decisively put an end to something, typically a rumor, rebellion, or uprising.

    "The government quickly moved to quash rumors of an impending economic collapse."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French word 'quasser', meaning 'to break or shatter', which ultimately stems from the Latin verb 'quassare', meaning 'to shake or shatter'. Over time, the legal sense developed in Middle English to mean forcefully rejecting, annulling, or setting aside a legal decision or indictment.

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