nullifier

Example Sentences

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No amount of memories, mutual love or money owed should obscure the clarity of dire results: Twenty straight losses are the ultimate nullifier.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2022

His father, Colonel Whitfield Brooks, was an ardent nullifier, and named his son, John Hampden, in honor of that illustrious English patriot.

From History of Kershaw's Brigade by Dickert, D. Augustus

The great nullifier perceived at once the insuppressible nature of the Abolition movement and early predicted that the spirit then abroad in the North would not "die away of itself without a shock or convulsion."

From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Grimké, Archibald Henry

The grand assault was finally made in the Senate, under the eye of the great nullifier, who then occupied the chair of the Vice-President, and came in an unexpected way.

From Daniel Webster by Lodge, Henry Cabot

Their first public display was the celebration of Washington's birthday; but the most intense nullifier could raise no objection to this.

From General Scott by Wright, Marcus Joseph