Nullify

Nul′li-fy

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Nullified

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Nullifying

.]

[L.

nullificare

;

nullus

none +

-ficare

(in comp.) to make. See

Null

,

Adj.

, and

-fy

.]

To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy.

Such correspondence would at once

nullify

the conditions of the probationary system.

I. Taylor.

Syn. – To abrogate; revoke; annul; repeal; invalidate; cancel. See

Abolish

.

Nullify

NUL'LIFY

,

Verb.

T.

[L. none, and to make.] To annul; to make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy.

nullify

English

Verb

nullify ‎(third-person singular simple present nullifies, present participle nullifying, simple past and past participle nullified)

(transitive, law) to make legally invalid.
The contract has been nullified.
to prevent from happening

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Synonyms

(to make legally invalid): annul, cancel

Translations

to make legally invalid

Dutch: annuleren (nl), vernietigen (nl), ongedaan maken
Finnish: mitätöidä (fi)
French: annuler (fr)
German: annullieren (de)
Greek: ακυρώνω (el) ‎(akyróno)
Hebrew: ביטל \ בִּטֵּל ‎(bitél)
Interlingua: nullificar

Italian: annullare (it), cassare (it)
Japanese: 取り消す ‎(torikesu), 破棄する (ja) ‎(haki suru)
Korean: 취소하다 (ko) ‎(chwisohada)
Maori: whakakāhore
Portuguese: anular (pt), cassar (pt)
Romanian: a anula (ro)
Russian: аннули́ровать (ru) impf, pf ‎(annulírovatʹ)
Spanish: anular (es), derogar (es), abrogar (es), casar (es)
Swedish: omintetgöra, annullera (sv), upphäva (sv), ogiltigförklara (sv)
Yiddish: מבֿטל זײַן ‎(mevatl zayn)

to prevent from happening

Finnish: estää (fi), ehkäistä (fi)

Portuguese: evitar (pt)

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