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verb (used with object), -fied, -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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Nullify
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is ruffle. Does it mean:
| to destroy the smoothness or evenness of; of a bird, to erect the feathers in anger; to disturb or irritate |
| unprincipled, untrustworthy, or dishonest dealing |
Example Sentences
- Such actions, if carried out extensively, might well nullify the law.
- Be prepared to nullify or overturn the results.
- How do you nullify the few bad apples who consistently bring your average down.
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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
EXPANDbe enforced" is first attested 1798, in Thomas Jefferson, from L.L. nullificationem (nom. nullificatio) "a making as nothing."
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