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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

to destroy or elminate;

e.g. It wasn't uncommon for the general to quash the dreams of the new recruits.

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Similar Words

Abate

Abolish

Abrogate

Annul

Avoid

Cancel

Countermand

Crush

Dissolve

Enslave

Invalidate

Muzzle

Negate

Null

Nullify

Override

Put-down

Quell

Repeal

Repress

Rescind

Set-aside

Silence

Squash

Squelch

Subdue

Suppress

Vacate

Void

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Opposite Words

Abet

Advance

Aid

Allow

Approve

Assist

Authorize

Back

Beget

Breed

Bring

Catalyze

Cause

Clear

Command

Create

Cultivate

Decree

Do

Effect

Effectuate

Enact

Encourage

Endorse

Engender

Establish

Foment

Formalize

Forward

Foster

Found

Further

Generate

Help

Incite

Induce

Instigate

Institute

Into

Invoke

Legalize

Legislate

Legitimate

Legitimize

Make

Mandate

Nourish

Nurture

Occasion

Order

Pass

Permit

Prescribe

Produce

Promote

Prompt

Provoke

Ratify

Sanction

Spawn

Stir

Support

Validate

Warrant

Work

Yield

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Related Words

Abort

Adjourn

Annihilate

Ban

Bar

Call

Conquer

Countermand

Cover-up

Decimate

Demolish

Desolate

Destroy

Devastate

Disallow

Dismiss

Dominate

Douse

Dowse

Drop

Eliminate

Enjoin

Eradicate

Erase

Exterminate

Extinguish

Forbid

Holdback

Interdict

Liquidate

Nuke

Obliterate

Outlaw

Overcome

Overpower

Override

Overrule

Overturn

Overwhelm

Pacify

Pocket

Prohibit

Prorogue

Proscribe

Quench

Recall

Recess

Reject

Remove

Repress

Retract

Reverse

Revoke

Ruin

Sink

Smash

Smother

Stifle

Strangle

Subdue

Subject

Subjugate

Submerge

Subordinate

Suppress

Suspend

Swallow

Throttle

Vanquish

Veto

Waste

Withdraw

Wreck

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