quash

quash is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Same as Squash. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 17 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Same as Squash.
2. transitive verb. To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment.
3. transitive verb. To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush.
4. transitive verb. To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion.
5. intransitive verb. To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.
6. verb. put down by force or intimidation

   "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"

   "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"

   Synonyms: reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate

7. verb. declare invalid

   "The contract was annulled"

   "void a plea"

   Synonyms: annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify, void

Synonyms

reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate, annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify, void

Common word forms

quashed, quasher, quashes, quashing

Words from these letters

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