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blight
verb. ruin, destroy
  • annihilate
  • blast
  • crush
  • damage
  • dash
  • decay
  • disappoint
  • foul up
  • frustrate
  • glitch up
  • injure
  • mar
  • mess up
  • nip in the bud
  • nullify
  • shrivel
  • spoil
  • taint
  • trash
  • wither
  • wreck

cancel
verb. equal out
  • abort
  • abrogate
  • annul
  • balance out
  • call off
  • compensate for
  • counteract
  • counterbalance
  • countercheck
  • countermand
  • counterpoise
  • declare invalid
  • discard
  • discharge
  • frustrate
  • ignore
  • invalidate
  • make up for
  • negate
  • neutralize
  • nullify
  • offset
  • overthrow
  • put an end to
  • recall
  • recant
  • redeem
  • redress
  • refute
  • render inert
  • render null and void
  • repeal
  • repudiate
  • rescind
  • retract
  • revoke
  • rule out
  • set aside
  • suppress
  • vacate
  • void

compensate
verb. offset, make up for
  • abrogate
  • annul
  • atone for
  • balance
  • better
  • cancel out
  • counteract
  • counterbalance
  • counterpoise
  • countervail
  • fix
  • improve
  • invalidate
  • make amends
  • negate
  • negative
  • neutralize
  • nullify
  • outweigh
  • redress
  • repair
  • set off

defeat
verb. frustrate
  • baffle
  • balk
  • beat down
  • beat the system
  • blank
  • block
  • bury
  • cast down
  • cause setback
  • checkmate
  • circumvent
  • confound
  • contravene
  • cook
  • counterplot
  • cross
  • disappoint
  • discomfit
  • disconcert
  • disprove
  • edge out
  • foil
  • invalidate
  • neutralize
  • nonplus
  • nose out
  • nullify
  • outwit
  • overturn
  • put end to
  • puzzle
  • quell
  • reduce
  • refute
  • ruin
  • scuttle
  • shave
  • shellac
  • skunk
  • spoil
  • squash
  • stump
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • surmount
  • take wind out of sails
  • throw for loop
  • thwart
  • undo
  • victimize

deny
verb. disagree, renounce, decline
  • abjure
  • abnegate
  • ban
  • begrudge
  • call on
  • contradict
  • contravene
  • controvert
  • curb
  • disacknowledge
  • disallow
  • disavow
  • disbelieve
  • discard
  • disclaim
  • discredit
  • disown
  • disprove
  • doubt
  • enjoin from
  • eschew
  • exclude
  • forbid
  • forgo
  • forsake
  • gainsay
  • hold back
  • keep back
  • negate
  • negative
  • not buy
  • nullify
  • oppose
  • rebuff
  • rebut
  • recant
  • refuse
  • refute
  • reject
  • repudiate
  • restrain
  • revoke
  • sacrifice
  • say no to
  • spurn
  • taboo
  • take exception to
  • turn down
  • turn thumbs down
  • veto
  • withhold

destroy
verb. demolish, devastate
  • abort
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • axe
  • blot out
  • break down
  • butcher
  • consume
  • cream
  • crush
  • damage
  • deface
  • desolate
  • despoil
  • dismantle
  • dispatch
  • end
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • gut
  • impair
  • kill
  • lay waste
  • level
  • liquidate
  • maim
  • mar
  • maraud
  • mutilate
  • nuke
  • nullify
  • overturn
  • quash
  • quell
  • ravage
  • ravish
  • raze
  • ruin
  • sabotage
  • shatter
  • slay
  • smash
  • snuff out
  • spoliate
  • stamp out
  • suppress
  • swallow up
  • tear down
  • torpedo
  • total
  • trash
  • vaporize
  • waste
  • wax
  • wipe out
  • wreck
  • zap

divorce
verb. split up a marriage
  • annul
  • break up
  • cancel
  • disconnect
  • disjoin
  • dissever
  • dissociate
  • dissolve
  • disunite
  • divide
  • nullify
  • part
  • put away
  • separate
  • sever
  • split
  • sunder
  • unmarry

erase
verb. remove; rub out
  • X-out
  • abolish
  • annul
  • black out
  • blank
  • blot
  • blue pencil
  • cancel
  • cross out
  • cut
  • cut out
  • delete
  • disannul
  • dispatch
  • efface
  • eliminate
  • excise
  • expunge
  • extirpate
  • gut
  • kill
  • launder
  • negate
  • nullify
  • obliterate
  • scratch out
  • stamp out
  • strike
  • strike out
  • take out
  • trim
  • wipe out
  • withdraw

foil
verb. circumvent, nip in the bud
  • baffle
  • balk
  • beat
  • bilk
  • bollix
  • buffalo
  • check
  • checkmate
  • counter
  • crab
  • cramp
  • crimp
  • curb
  • dash
  • defeat
  • disappoint
  • disconcert
  • ditch
  • dodge
  • duck
  • elude
  • faze
  • foul up
  • frustrate
  • get around
  • give the run-around
  • give the slip
  • hang up
  • hinder
  • juke
  • nullify
  • outwit
  • prevent
  • rattle
  • restrain
  • run circles around
  • run rings around
  • shake
  • shake off
  • shuffle off
  • skip
  • stop
  • stymie
  • throw monkey wrench in
  • thwart
  • upset the apple cart
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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

The ray does more than nullify gravity—can be made to reverse gravity!

Nor did he try to gloss over or strive to nullify his own dishonorable actions.

It was his duty to nullify this mutiny if he could, and therefore he turned to the men again.

Nothing could nullify it, nothing could take it away; it was almost their belief in life.

Every means was taken to nullify the value of the "palladium of British liberty."

We have a political system we have outgrown, and which, therefore, we have had to nullify.

They had long learnt to nullify what they professed to defend.

Any of these parties might nullify either of these acts, by neglecting to enforce it.

I can nullify the evidence, or I can make it tell with certainty against you.

It remains to be seen what we witnesses can say for him, to nullify the effect of what he has said for himself.

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