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quash¹ Audio Help (kwŏsh) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. quashed, quash·ing, quash·es
To set aside or annul, especially by judicial action.

[Middle English quassen, from Old French casser, quasser, from Medieval Latin quassāre, alteration (influenced by quassāre, to shatter) of cassāre, from Latin cassus, empty, void; see kes- in Indo-European roots.]

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quash² Audio Help (kwŏsh) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. quashed, quash·ing, quash·es
To put down or suppress forcibly and completely: quash a rebellion.

[Middle English quashen, from Old French quasser, from Medieval Latin quassāre, to shatter, from Latin; see squash².]

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