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quashing

noun as in abrogation

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Quashing rumors that the White House had pushed her out, Powell told the press that she'd been planning to retire for months.

Mahaffee advises quashing such romantic notions, as someone you trust now may turn out to be a future foe.

Since taking power 11 years ago, he has promised reforms while forcefully quashing all debate and dissent.

Quashing one cartel—no matter how powerful—amounts to little more than a cosmetic change on the drug-trafficking landscape.

The instant quashing of her purpose by their absence affected her brain as a sudden vacuum affects the body—she nearly fainted.

He (Grinder) did not care whether they called it squashing or quashing; it was all the same so long as they nipped him in the bud.

The instant quashing of her purpose by their absence affected her brain as a sudden vacuum affects the body: she nearly fainted.

What we want is the quashing of all charges against this young gentleman, who has been made to suffer abominably.

But it was seldom in evidence, "Aunt M'riar" quashing its unwelcome individuality.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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