nullifier

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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 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

Calhoun directed the nullifier campaign, though he did not throw off all disguises until the summer of the following year.

From The Reign of Andrew Jackson by Ogg, Frederic Austin

But four years after the death of the great nullifier, his disciples and followers dared to consummate a crime, the consequences of which he shrank from inviting.

From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Grimké, Archibald Henry