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render null and void

VERB
annul
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abolish abrogate cancel declare delete dissolve expunge invalidate nullify quash repeal rescind retract reverse revoke undo vacate
STRONG
abate annihilate countermand discharge efface erase kill negate neutralize nix obliterate recall scrub vitiate
WEAK
blot out call off get off the hook wipe out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
allow approve continue do enact enforce establish institute legalize pass permit ratify sanction support uphold validate
STRONG
create help revive save schedule set up
WEAK
keep restore retain revalidate
VERB
cancel
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abort annul repeal rescind revoke rule out
STRONG
abrogate counteract counterbalance countercheck countermand counterpoise discard discharge frustrate ignore invalidate negate neutralize nullify offset overthrow recall recant redeem redress refute repudiate retract suppress vacate void
WEAK
balance out call off compensate for declare invalid make up for put an end to render inert set aside
Antonyms
STRONGEST
approve keep validate
STRONG
aid allow assist emphasize encourage help permit ratify sanction support
WEAK
arrange establish imbalance tip uphold
VERB
frustrate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
baffle confront depress discourage dishearten hinder
STRONG
annul arrest balk bar beat block cancel check circumvent conquer counter counteract cramp crimp dash defeat foil forbid forestall halt impede inhibit lick negate neutralize nullify obstruct obviate outwit overcome preclude prevent prohibit ruin stump stymie
WEAK
cramp one's style dash one's hope foul up give the runaround hang up hold up upset the apple cart
Antonyms
STRONGEST
aid assist encourage hearten help inspirit
STRONG
abet allow approve forward give up let go lose open permit push release retreat support surrender validate yield
WEAK
cooperate facilitate
VERB
nullify
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abolish abrogate annul invalidate negate offset quash repeal rescind restrict torpedo undo veto void wipe out
STRONG
abate annihilate ax compensate confine counteract counterbalance countervail kill limit neutralize renege scratch scrub squash trash vitiate zap
WEAK
blue pencil bring to naught call all bets off disannul forget it stamp out take out wash out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
allow approve enact establish institute keep legalize permit ratify sanction support validate
STRONG
aid assist free help let go release revive save schedule set up
WEAK
affirm pass sanctify

Example Sentences

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What other ordinances will the state decide to render null and void?

From Washington Times • May 26, 2015

A few photographs from the Galway Road would settle the dispute, and render null and void all future Town's meetings.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John

The proposal to render null and void gifts or religious endowments acquired by the new prelates was abandoned in the course of the acrimonious debates which followed.

From Lord John Russell by Reid, Stuart J. (Stuart Johnson)

His lightest words were sufficient to render null and void the most important Act of Parliament, his orders were reverenced and obeyed by a vast majority of his countrymen.

From The Viceroys of Ireland by O'Mahony, Charles

Annihilate, an-nī′hil-āt, v.t. to reduce to nothing: to put out of existence: to render null and void, to abrogate.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various