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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
quash .
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Examples
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On the one hand, the contest was for charity, which kind of quashes a lot of complaints, at least in my book.
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Big Ten commissioner quashes expansion rumors college | Comment | Recommend
Women's College Basketball News: Stories, Polls, Team Indexes & Stats 2010
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A Frankfurt trader said the suspension quashes hopes for a special dividend from the divestment.
Metro Halts Kaufhof Sale; Sales Slip Harriet Torry 2012
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The available science overwhelmingly quashes the pain argument.
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What Not to Say It as a staple of sitcoms: the inappropriate comment that suddenly quashes the protagonists' efforts up to that point.
How to Talk to Your Parents About Money Jeff D. Opdyke 2011
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The ruling essentially quashes the criminal charges brought by Penny Penn, the district attorney in Forsyth County, Ga., against an organization called Final Exit Network Inc. and four Final Exit volunteers.
Suicide Law Ruled Unconstitutional Ashby Jones 2012
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If the teacher quashes such culturally normal behavior then it serves to inform the student that his style of discourse is "wrong" while the instructor's style of discourse is "right."
Matthew Lynch, Ed.D.: Classroom Management in a Culturally Responsive Environment Ed.D. Matthew Lynch 2011
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But Tuesday's vote effectively quashes any chance of enacting new disclosure requirements for the 2010 elections, which are likely to include hundreds of millions of dollars in expenditures by outside groups and corporations.
HUFFPOST HILL - JULY 27TH, 2010 The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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If the teacher quashes such culturally normal behavior then it serves to inform the student that his style of discourse is "wrong" while the instructor's style of discourse is "right."
Matthew Lynch, Ed.D.: Classroom Management in a Culturally Responsive Environment Ed.D. Matthew Lynch 2011
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A D.C. court quashes the agency's attempt to empower unions.
SEC Smackdown 2011
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