nullify — Английский словарь

Глагол

1. To make legally invalid.

   Употребление

   • переходный глагол

   Синонимы

   cancelvoidquash

   Примеры

   Near-synonyms: cancel, void, quash

   The contract has been nullified.

   Другие примеры (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.

   Примеры

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

   Другие примеры (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

Глагол

1. declare invalid

   Синонимы

   invalidateannulquashvoidavoid

   Более общие понятия

   cancelstrike down

   Примеры

   The contract was annulled

   void a plea

2. show to be invalid

   Синонимы

   invalidate

   Более общие понятия

   negatecontradict

3. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

   Синонимы

   neutralizeneutralisenegate

   Более общие понятия

   weaken

   Примеры

   Her optimism neutralizes his gloom

   This action will negate the effect of my efforts