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quash

verb
🔊/kwɒʃ/
🔊/kwɑːʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they quash
🔊/kwɒʃ/
🔊/kwɑːʃ/
he / she / it quashes
🔊/ˈkwɒʃɪz/
🔊/ˈkwɑːʃɪz/
past simple quashed
🔊/kwɒʃt/
🔊/kwɑːʃt/
past participle quashed
🔊/kwɒʃt/
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-ing form quashing
🔊/ˈkwɒʃɪŋ/
🔊/ˈkwɑːʃɪŋ/
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  1. quash something (law法律) to officially say that a decision made by a court is no longer legally acceptable or correct 宣布（法庭的裁决）无效；撤销（判决）synonym overturn
    • His conviction was later quashed by the Court of Appeal.后来，上诉法院撤销了对他的有罪判决。🔊🔊
  2. quash something to take action to stop something from continuing制止；阻止；平息 synonym suppress
    • The rumours were quickly quashed.流言很快被制止了。🔊🔊
    • The government moved quickly to quash the revolt.政府迅速采取行动，镇压了起义。
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French quasser ‘annul’, from late Latin cassare (medieval Latin also quassare), from cassus ‘null, void’. Compare with squash (verb).