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Nullify   /nˈələfˌaɪ/   Listen
Nullify

verb
(past & past part. nullified; pres. part. nullifying)
1.
Declare invalid.  Synonyms: annul, avoid, invalidate, quash, void.  "Void a plea"
2.
Show to be invalid.  Synonym: invalidate.
3.
Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of.  Synonyms: negate, neutralise, neutralize.  "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"






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"Nullify" Quotes from Famous Books



... community. It may not express itself in the most artistic terms or the most religious language, but its judgments are absolutely sound and worthy of the most careful consideration. I am sure that Canadian political life, unless other influences nullify it, will be immeasurably bettered by ...
— The Great War As I Saw It • Frederick George Scott

... he will obey, neither may the Executive eject which he will enforce. The duty to obey and to execute embraces the Constitution in its entirety and the whole code of laws enacted under it. The evil example of permitting individuals, corporations, or communities to nullify the laws because they cross some selfish or local interest or prejudices is full of danger, not only to the nation at large, but much more to those who use this pernicious expedient to escape their ...
— United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches - From Washington to George W. Bush • Various

... on penalty of expulsion, to use in the treatment of human ailments the most innocent natural remedies. The giving of an enema, or the common-sense regulation of diet are regarded as sufficient to nullify the power of their metaphysical formulas and to prevent the working of ...
— Nature Cure • Henry Lindlahr

... voted a straight party ticket; they have not, neither have men, and scratched tickets are common. Women do not necessarily "vote just as their husbands do" but many a pair go amicably to the polls and with perfect good feeling nullify each other's vote. It is a noteworthy fact that during all the years no bill which the State association actively opposed has been passed by the General Assembly and every bill which it actively supported has been ...
— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI • Various

... half-cycle of current. The succeeding half-cycle being of opposite direction will tend to oppose the magnetism of the core. In practice, the flow of opposing current never would be great enough wholly to nullify and reverse the magnetism of the core, so that the opposition results in a mere decrease, causing the armature's gap to increase and the diaphragm to ...
— Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 - A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. • Kempster Miller


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