nullify — Diccionario de inglés

Verbo

1. To make legally invalid.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Sinónimos

   cancelvoidquash

   Ejemplos

   Near-synonyms: cancel, void, quash

   The contract has been nullified.

   Más ejemplos (2)

   [T]hey were baffled by tears in moustached sixth-formers, by walls of impassivity in the Lower School, by silent conspiracies which nullified the rules.

   Lesbians for Justice therefore appeals to the organizers of the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival to nullify its "womyn-born-womyn only" policy, and to allow the attendance of post-operative male-to-female transsexuals at all future festivals.

2. To prevent from happening.

3. To make of no use or value; to cancel out.

   Ejemplos

   The persuasion that a thing is impossible, at once nullifies endeavour, and like the Turkish "it is fate," torporises activity and exertion.

   Más ejemplos (1)

   Blowproof water has given the Navy the weapon it needed to fight fires with helicopters. Previously, the downwash from the rotor blades blew the foam, or whatever agent was being used, off the fire, nullifying its effect.

   It nullifies the night / from overkill

Verbo

1. declare invalid

   Sinónimos

   invalidateannulquashvoidavoid

   Términos más generales

   cancelstrike down

   Ejemplos

   The contract was annulled

   void a plea

2. show to be invalid

   Sinónimos

   invalidate

   Términos más generales

   negatecontradict

3. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

   Sinónimos

   neutralizeneutralisenegate

   Términos más generales

   weaken

   Ejemplos

   Her optimism neutralizes his gloom

   This action will negate the effect of my efforts