0 past simple and past participle of quash
1 to say officially that something, especially an earlier official decision, is no longer to be accepted:
2 to forcefully stop something that you do not want to happen:
Why then were those other thirty also quashed?
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.
A bright, folky dance - it's wonderfully catchy - is quashed by another unison statement, the tension maintained as the tempo repeatedly pushes forward and pulls back.
Acts of judicial connivance quashed societal opposition to the regime and prominence was given to the military judicial system within areas commonly beyond its jurisdiction.
Alternative lifestyle choices, as they relate to work, wealth and welfare, are therefore either quashed or mainstreamed as an acceptable way to incorporate them into the dominant culture.
But the injunction was then quashed by a higher court, and the brothers were allowed to return.
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.
