abate, cancel, crack down on, gag, jump on, nullify, quell, set aside, smother, strangle, trample out
Definitionv. put down by force or intimidation
Last update: July 25, 2015
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The king quashed the attempt of an uprising. [verb]
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And he went some way to quash the speculation that he is enjoying the top job too much to want to leave it behind. [verb]
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Then the decree nisi and the King's proctor tries to show cause why and, he failing to quash it, nisi was made absolute. [verb]
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As for the dynastic opposition, it was reduced to a rump of 66 members, a result so unsatisfactory from the point of view of the monarchy that the government offered to quash certain Conservative returns in order to provide it with more seats. [Please select]
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To quash all protest a special press law was introduced for Transylvania. [Please select]
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The four were Thompson, Dan Taylor, Quashee, and myself. [Please select]
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I went up to Manchester purposely to quash it and I did so effectually[1199]. [Please select]
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The Cardinal quashed the proceedings of the Chapter; whereupon, the Chapter appealed to Rome. [Please select]
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A few weeks later, the scheme of the Oxford Oratory was finally quashed. [Please select]
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I move the charge against my client be quashed. [Please select]
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When, therefore, the attorney-general, Coventry, attacked the company for mismanagement, even an impartial tribune might have quashed the charter. [Please select]
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