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Void

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

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Empty 84% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Empty 84% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Invalid 84% connected

Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Invalid 84% connected

Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 12

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Egest 76% connected

To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Eliminate 76% connected

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Empty 76% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Excrete 76% connected

To separate and throw off; to excrete urine.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nonentity 76% connected

Nonexistence; the negation of being.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nonexistence 76% connected

Absence of existence; the negation of being; nonentity.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Space 76% connected

Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.

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Manner of action 3

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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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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Suction 76% connected

The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Evacuant 74% connected

Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Evacuant 74% connected

Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Evacuation 74% connected

The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Evacuation 74% connected

The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Nullification 74% connected

The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Nullification 74% connected

The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.

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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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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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Vacuum 74% connected

A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Vacuum 74% connected

A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Vitiation 74% connected

The act of vitiating, or the state of being vitiated; depravation; corruption; invalidation; as, the vitiation of the blood; the vitiation of a contr…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Vitiation 74% connected

The act of vitiating, or the state of being vitiated; depravation; corruption; invalidation; as, the vitiation of the blood; the vitiation of a contr…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Voidance 74% connected

The act of voiding, emptying, ejecting, or evacuating.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Voidance 74% connected

The act of voiding, emptying, ejecting, or evacuating.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Voider 74% connected

One who, or that which, voids, /mpties, vacates, or annuls.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Voider 74% connected

One who, or that which, voids, /mpties, vacates, or annuls.

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Synonym 15

Annul 92% connected

To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Avoid 92% connected

To empty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Emptiness 92% connected

The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Empty 92% connected

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, r…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Evacuate 92% connected

To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.

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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Nihility 92% connected

Nothingness; a state of being nothing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nothingness 92% connected

Nihility; nonexistence.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Null 92% connected

Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nullify 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nullity 92% connected

The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quash 92% connected

Same as Squash.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vacancy 92% connected

The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vacuum 92% connected

A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Vitiate 92% connected

To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exagger…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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