Associations to the word «Quash»
Noun
- Pardon
- Confession
- Investigation
- Bench
- Rebel
- Judgment
- Dismissal
- Bentley
- Hussein
- Abd
- Terrorist
- Testimony
- Riot
- Offence
- Evidence
- Attempt
- Counsel
- Impulse
- Charleston
- Objection
- High
- Surveillance
- Authority
- Corruption
- Proposal
- Troop
- Jail
- Prison
- Opposition
- Canterbury
- Suggestion
- Breach
- Remedy
- Temptation
- Tribune
- Order
- Superior
- Ban
- Regime
- Archbishop
- Belfast
- Case
- Scandal
- Threat
- Resistance
- Compensation
- Urge
- Election
- Autonomy
- Contempt
- Interim
- Arrest
- Finding
- Ar
- Innocence
- Compromise
- Permission
- Abraham
- Declaration
- Basis
- Certificate
- Appointment
- Hope
- Crown
- Ahmed
- Corpus
- Revolution
- Federal
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
QUASH, verb. To defeat forcibly.
QUASH, verb. To crush or dash to pieces.
QUASH, verb. (legal) To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).
Dictionary definition
QUASH, verb. Put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land".
QUASH, verb. Declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.