annul
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verb (used with object), an·nulled, an·nul·ling.
1.
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate: to annul a marriage.
2.
to reduce to nothing; obliterate.
3.
to cancel (a regularly scheduled train, plane, social event, etc.) for one day or one time only.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Anglo-French annuler < Late Latin adnūllāre render null (calque of Greek exoudeneîn), equivalent to ad- ad- + -nullāre, verbal derivative of Latin nūllus no, not any
1375–1425; late Middle English < Anglo-French annuler < Late Latin adnūllāre render null (calque of Greek exoudeneîn), equivalent to ad- ad- + -nullāre, verbal derivative of Latin nūllus no, not any
Related forms
an·nul·la·ble, adjective
self-an·nul·ling, adjective
un·an·nul·la·ble, adjective
un·an·nulled, adjective
Synonyms
1. nullify; rescind, repeal.
1. nullify; rescind, repeal.
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| —vb , -nuls, -nulling, -nulled | |
| (tr) to make (something, esp a law or marriage) void; cancel the validity of; abolish | |
| [C14: from Old French annuller, from Late Latin annullāre to bring to nothing, from Latin nullus not any; see | |
| an'nullable | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
annul
late 14c., from O.Fr. anuller, from L.L. annullare "to make to nothing," from L. ad- "to" + nullum, neut. of nullus "nothing" (see null).
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Example sentences
The commission says it may annul the results from polling stations where egregious offences took place.
Both families, who despise each other, try to get the newlyweds to annul their marriage.
They proposed a bill to annul the full-stop and due-obedience laws.
The fund has filed a lawsuit seeking to annul the sale.
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