Dictionary Entry

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

1noun
Same as Squash.
2transitive verb
To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment.
3transitive verb
To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush.
4transitive verb
To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion.
5intransitive verb
To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.
6verb
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
7verb
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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