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Nullify

🔄 Synonyms of "Nullify"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
voidnounContaining nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
avoidverb(transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
quashverbTo defeat decisively, to suppress.
annulverb(transitive) To formally revoke the validity of.
invalidateverbTo make invalid. Especially applied to contract law.
neutralizeverb(transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.

↔️ Antonyms of "Nullify"

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WordDefinition
validateverb(transitive) To check or prove the validity of; verify.
formalizeverbTo give something a formal or official standing.

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WordDefinition
invalidateverbTo make invalid. Especially applied to contract law.
avoidverb(transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
neutralizeverb(transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.
annulverb(transitive) To formally revoke the validity of.
quashverbTo defeat decisively, to suppress.
voidverbAn empty space; a vacuum.
denyverb(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
refuseverb(transitive) To decline (a request or demand).
precludeverb(transitive) To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.
excludeverb(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
neutraliseverbNon-Oxford British English standard form of neutralize. [(transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective.]
negateverbTo deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
repealverb(transitive) To cancel, invalidate, annul.
abrogateverb(transitive, law) To annul (as a law, decree, ordinance, etc.) by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal.
preventverb(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
revokeverb(transitive) To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.
rescindverb(transitive) To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.
abolishverbTo end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
dismissverb(transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
terminateverb(transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.

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