[kwosh] 
| 1. | to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion. |
| 2. | to make void, annul, or set aside (a law, indictment, decision, etc.). |
| quash 1 (kwŏsh) 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.] |
| quash 2 (kwŏsh) 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.] |