nullify
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əˌfaɪ verb (used with object), nul·li·fied, nul·li·fy·ing.
1.
to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
2.
to deprive (something) of value or effectiveness; make futile or of no consequence.
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| —vb , -fies, -fying, -fied | |
| 1. | to render legally void or of no effect |
| 2. | to render ineffective or useless; cancel out |
| [C16: from Late Latin nullificāre to despise, from Latin nullus of no account + facere to make] | |
| nullifi'cation | |
| —n | |
| 'nullifier | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
nullify
1595, from L.L. nullificare "to esteem lightly, despise, to make nothing," from L. nullus "not any" (see null) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Nullification in U.S. political sense of "a state's refusing to allow a federal law to
be enforced" is first attested 1798, in Thomas Jefferson, from L.L. nullificationem (nom. nullificatio) "a making as nothing."
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Example sentences
It'll come down to sheer aggression and luck, which will nullify skill.
It wasn't enough for us to nullify disabling conditions and get to zero.
The simple fact that both express a similar opinion does not in any way nullify these differences in consequence.
The majority of these are passive and therefore nullify your point.
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