Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make or declare void or invalid, as a marriage or a law; nullify.
- transitive verb To bring to an end the effect or existence of; cancel out.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To reduce to nothing; annihilate; obliterate.
- To make void or null; nullify; abrogate; abolish; do away with: used especially of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, usages, and the like.
- Synonyms Abolish, Repeal, etc. (see
abolish ); Nullify, Annihilate, etc. (seeneutralize ); retract, declare null and void, supersede.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.
- transitive verb To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To formally
revoke the validity of. - verb transitive To dissolve (a
marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cancel officially
- verb declare invalid
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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While Buckley calmly declares Hefner's out to "annul" the moral code, Hefner attempts to claim he was not rejecting or attacking monogamy, which is quite simply lying.
The Patriot Post L. Brent Bozell 2010
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&c. And, in the face of this broad charge, without a blush and without shame, they themselves propose to 'annul' a most solemn compromise here at home, and to 'break down' the "landmarks of policy erected by our fathers," "to reconcile conflicting interests of different sections," and to bring peace and contentment to our people.
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However, these facts remain: that much of their historic range in the Lower 48 is no longer suitable habitat for wolves, and that their numbers in the majority of their habitat are so high as to annul any classification of them as ‘endangered.’
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Oumarou told reporters Wednesday that he has decided against asking Niger's constitutional council to annul the election results.
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However, these facts remain: that much of their historic range in the Lower 48 is no longer suitable habitat for wolves, and that their numbers in the majority of their habitat are so high as to annul any classification of them as ‘endangered.’
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Typically the only person who has legal standing to sue is the surviving spouse, "who of course has no incentive whatsoever to annul the marriage," Mr. Turnipseed says.
Unholy Matrimony: How to Fight Back Kelly Greene 2011
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Additionally, New Jersey's bill would allow couples to annul a marriage within 30 days without going to court.
New Jersey Weddings May Go Vegas Style Heather Haddon 2012
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Lawmakers in Uruguay have voted narrowly to annul an amnesty for crimes against humanity committed during the country's 1973 to 1985 dictatorship.
Uruguayan Senate Annuls Amnesty for Dictatorship Crimes 2011
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The liberum veto, which allowed any representative to dissolve the Sejm and even to annul its previous decisions, was applied with growing recklessness in the 17th and 18th cent.
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The only way many state courts can fix things is to annul a marriage after death.
Unholy Matrimony: How to Fight Back Kelly Greene 2011
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