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verb. ruin, destroy

wreck

verb. equal out

verb. offset, make up for

verb. frustrate

verb. disagree, renounce, decline

verb. demolish, devastate

verb. split up a marriage

verb. remove; rub out

verb. circumvent, nip in the bud

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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 be enforced" is first attested 1798, in Thomas Jefferson, from L.L. nullificationem (nom. nullificatio) "a making as nothing."

Example Sentences for nullify

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.

The majority of these are passive and therefore nullify your point.