Synonyms

repress subdue subjugate reduce keep_down

Examples

"The government quashes any attempt of an uprising" "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently" "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

Used in print

It was a sort_of poetic_justice that at_the_time of his own demise a new plot to overthrow the Venezuelan government , reportedly involving the use of Dominican arms by former Venezuelan Dictator_Marcos_Perez_Jimenez , has been uncovered and quashed .

Related terms

oppress clamp_down overcomer

Synonyms

invalidate avoid void nullify annul

Examples

"The contract was annulled" "avoid a plea"

Related terms

validate cancel break stet nullifier invalidator nothingness annulment