0 to say officially that something, especially an earlier official decision, is no longer to be accepted:
1 to forcefully stop something that you do not want to happen:
2 to stop or block something from happening:
The Secretary of Defense tried to quash speculation that he was planning to resign following the disastrous military defeat.
3 to state officially that something, especially an earlier official decision, is no longer to be accepted:
quash a conviction/decision/order His conviction was quashed in March after a lengthy legal battle.
4 to forcefully stop something that you do not want to happen:
Moreover, by constant repetition of the brilliance of her work it has become sacrosanct, to the extent that any criticism of it is invariably quashed.
He appealed against this conviction and it was quashed.
I said there was no conviction standing against the woman, because five and a half years ago it was quashed.
He was also convicted of another offence, but that conviction was quashed.
In 1916, 105 convictions were affirmed and fifty convictions were quashed.
He has every right to feel proud that the convictions have been quashed today.
Thirdly, if the designation were to be deemed unlawful, my decisions and the orders could be quashed.
In 1917, 141 convictions were affirmed and seventy-five convictions were quashed.
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