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Nullify

To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy.

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Stet 76% connected

Let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cancel 76% connected

To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Contradict 76% connected

To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Weaken 76% connected

To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Counteraction 74% connected

Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Counteraction 74% connected

Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.

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Nihility 74% connected

Nothingness; a state of being nothing.

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Nihility 74% connected

Nothingness; a state of being nothing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Nullifier 74% connected

One who nullifies or makes void; one who maintains the right to nullify a contract by one of the parties.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Nullifier 74% connected

One who nullifies or makes void; one who maintains the right to nullify a contract by one of the parties.

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Voidable 74% connected

Capable of being voided, or evacuated.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Voidable 74% connected

Capable of being voided, or evacuated.

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Annul 92% connected

To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Avoid 92% connected

To empty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Invalidate 92% connected

To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Neutralize 92% connected

To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quash 92% connected

Same as Squash.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Void 92% connected

Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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