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Synonyms for nullify
ˈnʌl əˌfaɪnul·li·fy

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  1. nullifyverb

    to make legally invalid.

    The contract has been nullified.

    Synonyms:
    terminate

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.5 / 2 votes

  1. nullify

    Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.

    Synonyms:
    abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminate

    Antonyms:
    authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. nullify

    Synonyms:
    abrogate, neutralize, cancel, abolish, extinguish, annul, quash, repeal

    Antonyms:
    confirm, perpetuate, reenact, stabilitate, establish, cherish

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullifyverb

    declare invalid

    "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"

    Synonyms:
    ward off, empty, fend off, keep off, avoid, quash, keep down, neutralize, annul, overturn, lift, neutralise, head off, deflect, stave off, rescind, subjugate, evacuate, reduce, avert, vitiate, repeal, invalidate, debar, forefend, negate, forfend, reverse, obviate, revoke, vacate, subdue, cancel, void, countermand, repress

  2. invalidate, nullifyverb

    show to be invalid

    Synonyms:
    neutralise, void, vitiate, neutralize, annul, avoid, cancel, invalidate, negate, quash

  3. neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negateverb

    make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

    "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"

    Synonyms:
    waste, countervail, avoid, counterbalance, contravene, knock off, belie, annul, counteract, invalidate, neutralise, neutralize, negate, quash, contradict, liquidate, do in, void

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. nullifyverb

    Synonyms:
    annul, invalidate, cancel, abrogate, repeal, make void, make of no effect

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. nullifyverb

    Synonyms:
    invalidate, abrogate, cancel, repeal, countermand

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "nullify":

    annul, cancel, invalidate, override, void, quash, abort, rescind, negate, overturn

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How to use nullify in a sentence?

  1. Billie Vunipola:

    (Carter's) obviously a big cog in their framework and for us it's trying to nullify him, but also the other many threats that they have.

  2. The Associated Press:

    It is my further opinion that localities and local constitutional officers can not nullify state laws and must comply with gun violence prevention measures that Virginia General Assembly may enact.

  3. Andrii Osadchuk:

    They are trying to destroy and nullify everything that has been built by the democratic world during the last 80 years, since the end of World War II.

  4. Elena Kagan:

    We would live in a very different world from the world we live in today. Essentially, we would be inviting states, all 50 of them, with respect to their un-preferred constitutional rights, to try to nullify the law that this Court has laid down as to the content of those rights, we would be like: you're open for business. There's nothing the Supreme Court can do about it. Guns, same-sex marriage, religious rights, whatever you don't like, go ahead.

  5. Elizabeth Prelogar:

    Texas designed S.B. 8 to thwart the supremacy of federal law in open defiance of our constitutional structure, states are free to ask this court to reconsider its constitutional precedents, but they are not free to place themselves above this court, nullify the Court’s decisions in their borders, and block the judicial review necessary to vindicate federal rights.


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