verb · C1

Quash

KWOSH/kwɒʃ/

To quash is to reject as invalid, especially a legal decision; also to suppress completely: quash the invented n, quash a rumour. Suppress (already in the dictionary) is the close twin; a rounded abstract is still a methods fail.

Meaning

To reject as invalid, especially a legal decision; also to suppress completely (from suppress, already in the dictionary).

Examples

“Quash the invented n in the minute; put the raw count in the cell.”
“Suppress is already in this course. Overturn is the legal twin. Rounding is a slogan. A codebook line is methods. Write the raw number; then polish the abstract if the rule still allows it.”

Good to know

Overturn as invalid; crush. Close: suppress (already in the dictionary). Rounding ≠ a true n.

Near in meaning

overturn, annul, suppress

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