Synonyms for nullify
ˈnʌl əˌfaɪnul·li·fy

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1. nullifyverb

   to make legally invalid.

   The contract has been nullified.

   Synonyms:
   terminate

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1. nullify

   Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.

   Synonyms:
   abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, suppress, terminate

   Antonyms:
   authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

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1. nullify

   Synonyms:
   abrogate, neutralize, cancel, abolish, extinguish, annul, quash, repeal

   Antonyms:
   confirm, perpetuate, reenact, stabilitate, establish, cherish

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1. invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullifyverb

   declare invalid

   "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"

   Synonyms:
   ward off, empty, fend off, keep off, avoid, quash, keep down, neutralize, annul, overturn, lift, neutralise, head off, deflect, stave off, rescind, subjugate, evacuate, reduce, avert, vitiate, repeal, invalidate, debar, forefend, negate, forfend, reverse, obviate, revoke, vacate, subdue, cancel, void, countermand, repress

2. invalidate, nullifyverb

   show to be invalid

   Synonyms:
   neutralise, void, vitiate, neutralize, annul, avoid, cancel, invalidate, negate, quash

3. neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negateverb

   make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

   "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"

   Synonyms:
   waste, countervail, avoid, counterbalance, contravene, knock off, belie, annul, counteract, invalidate, neutralise, neutralize, negate, quash, contradict, liquidate, do in, void

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1. nullifyverb

   Synonyms:
   annul, invalidate, cancel, abrogate, repeal, make void, make of no effect

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1. nullifyverb

   Synonyms:
   invalidate, abrogate, cancel, repeal, countermand

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1. List of paraphrases for "nullify":

   annul, cancel, invalidate, override, void, quash, abort, rescind, negate, overturn

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How to use nullify in a sentence?

1. Merrick Garland:

   This kind of scheme to nullify the Constitution of the United State is one that all Americans -- whatever their politics or party -- should fear.

2. Elena Kagan:

   We would live in a very different world from the world we live in today. Essentially, we would be inviting states, all 50 of them, with respect to their un-preferred constitutional rights, to try to nullify the law that this Court has laid down as to the content of those rights, we would be like: you're open for business. There's nothing the Supreme Court can do about it. Guns, same-sex marriage, religious rights, whatever you don't like, go ahead.

3. Michael Zeldin:

   Whitaker's view of nullification is strictly political. That is, he would like it, politically, if States could disobey (nullify) federal law. As a legal matter, however, nullification finds no support in Constitutional law, indeed, Whitaker himself acknowledges this ... As acting Attorney General, I presume he will uphold federal legal principals.

4. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring:

   It is my opinion that these resolutions have no legal effect, it is my further opinion that localities and local constitutional officers cannot nullify state laws and must comply with gun violence prevention measures that the General Assembly may enact.

5. Sarah Goodfriend:

   If they want to come in and try to nullify this, they will, but we have a valid marriage license, and I don't think they can.