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单词 nullify
释义
nullify
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To nullify something means to make it invalid or ineffective. A peace treaty is an attempt to nullify aggression and division within a region.
If you take a null, or a zero, and make it into an action you can take, and you’ve got nullify — the act of making something void or zero-like. If you have an argument with your friend, it might nullify the fun you had together that day. This word is particularly used in legal language — a divorce nullifies a marriage — or in business disputes where you are trying to nullify someone else’s actions or plans.
WORD FAMILY
nullify: nullification, nullified, nullifier, nullifies, nullifying+/nullification: nullifications/nullifier: nullifiers
USAGE EXAMPLES
And the exact quote is, “Administration should support and defend activist groups by nullifying slander and smear campaign from bigger group.”
Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016)
On Friday, he promised to withhold retaliatory sanctions, clearly hoping the new Trump administration will nullify Mr. Obama’s acts.
Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016)
This week Blagojevich’s lawyers asked a U.S. appeals court to nullify the prison term and order another sentencing hearing, arguing he’s been a model prisoner.
Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016)
1v declare invalid
Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper
annul, avoid, invalidate, quash, void
formalise, formalize, validate
declare or make legally valid
break
invalidate by judicial action
stet
printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
cancel, strike down
declare null and void; make ineffective
2v show to be invalid
Syn|Ant|Hyper
invalidate
validate
prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something
contradict, negate
prove negative; show to be false
3v make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
Syn|Hyper
negate, neutralise, neutralize
weaken
lessen the strength of
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