quash
Example Sentences
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Well, I’m going to quash the entire subpoena, so good luck enforcing something that doesn’t legally exist.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
Student-loan scams have been operating for years, and they’ve eluded multiple efforts by regulators to quash them.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
Attorney Jeanine Pirro, who opened the Powell probe, said she would challenge his decision to quash her subpoenas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Earlier this week, a group of First Nations leaders gathered at the Alberta legislature in Edmonton to call on the provincial premier, Danielle Smith, to quash any possible succession referendum.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
My mother—all four feet eleven and a half inches and 217 pounds of her—patrols the streets of Brooklyn at night in a skintight uniform, clanging with enough antiriot gear to quash another Attica.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Vocabulary lists containing quash
40 SAT words Beginning with "Q"
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