Quash

Definition: Quash

Quash

Verb

1. Put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land".

2. Declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "avoid a plea".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "quash" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references)

Synonyms: Quash

Abrogation

Verb: abrogate, annul, cancel; destroy; abolish; revoke, repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall; abolitionize; overrule, override; set aside; disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and void; disestablish, disendow; deconsecrate.

Destruction

Destroy; do away with, make away with; nullify; annual; sacrifice, demolish; tear up; overturn, overthrow, overwhelm; upset, subvert, put an end to; seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish, undo; break up, cut up; break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down; suppress, quash, put down, do a job on; cut short, take off, blot out; dispel, dissipate, dissolve; consume.

Crosswords: Quash

Afrikaans

afwys (abort, refuse, reject, wreck). (various references)

Albanian

shuaj (beat out, blanket, blow out, Burke, clean off, damp, delete, douse, drown, efface, erase, expunge, extinguish, kill, obliterate, out, quell, quench, rake out, remove, scratch out, settle, slack, slake, suppress, turn off, ungear, wipe, wipe away, wipe off, wither), shtyp (bruise, clench, compact, crush, Dent, depress, die, grind, newspapers, oppress, organ, override, pestle, pound, press, print, push down, quell, repress, run down, run over, scotch, squash, squeeze, stamp, step, strike off, suppress, swat, trample, trample down, triturate, type, tyrannize), prish (alloy, annul, baffle, blast, blow, botch, break, cancel, collapse, consume, corrode, corrupt, damn, darken, debase, debauch, deface, deflower, denounce, deprave, derogate, destroy, deteriorate, disarrange, disestablish, dissipate, dissolve, fester, fritter, frustrate, go, gum up, infringe, injure, mammock, mess, misguide, misspend, nip, obliterate, pervert, pollute, pull down, queer, rot, ruin, shatter, sophisticate, spend, split, spoil, stymie, take away, thwack, trouble, undo, unmake, unsettle, upset, violate, vitiate, warp, wear, wreck, zap), anuloj (abate, abrogate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, defeat, disaffirm, disannul, negate, nullify, overrule, repeal, rescind, retract, revoke, set aside, void, withdraw). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قمع (bridle, check, crush, funnel, put down, quell, repress, repression, restrain, stamp down, subdue, suppress, suppression), ‏سحق (bash, batter, beat, beating, bow, break, crack, crumple, crunch, crush, flatten, grind, jam, levigate, mow, overwhelm, pound, pounding, powder, pulverization, pulverize, put down, reduce, run over smth., scotch, slam, smash, squash, squeeze, squelch, steam roller, suppress, sweep, trample, tread, triturate, trituration), ‏صد (alienation, baffle, balk, baulk, bear down, beat, beat off, blast, estop, estoppel, exclusion, fend, fend off, fight off, hit, hit back, hold off, jolt, kick, negative, parry, poach, push, push aside, push back, rebuff, repel, repudiate, repulse, repulsion, return, riposte, snub, spurn, stamp down, stave, stay, stay away, stem, throwback, toss, turn away, ward, ward off), ‏ألغى (abolish, abort, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, deactivate, dissolve, do away with, eliminate, lift, negate, nullify, obliterate, override, overrule, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule out, scratch, scrub, set aside, spike, stop, undo, vacate), ‏أبطل (abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, circumvent, counteract, countermand, defeat, extinguish, frustrate, nullify, override, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule out, stultify, supersede, undo, upset, vacate, vitiate, void). (various references)

Bulgarian 

слагам край на (end, quench, resolve, tip), спирам (arrest, bit, block, brake, bring to, bring to rest, bring up, call a halt, cease, check, come to a halt, come to rest, cut, cut off, cut short, die, discontinue, draw up, drive up, dwell, end, fix, go phut, halt, hang up, heave to, hold back, hold in, immobilize, impede, inhibit, intervene, keep off, kill, leave off, lock, occlude, preclude, prevent, pull in, pull up, put in, quit, run down, snub, stint, stop, suppress, suspend, trammel, trig, withhold), отменям (abate, abrogate, annul, avoid, cancel, countermand, disaffirm, extinguish, override, raise, recall, remit, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, scrub, supersede, undo, wash out, withdraw), анулирам (abate, abrogate, annul, avoid, blank, countermand, disannul, invalidate, negate, nullify, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, unmake, write off), потушавам (clamp, extinguish, mortify, overbear, put down, put out, quell, quench, repress, smother, snuff out, squash, strangle, subdue, suppress, tread down). (various references)

Chinese 

废除 (Abolish, Abolished, Abolishing, Abolishment, Abrogative, Depose, Deposed, Deposing, Extinguishment, Quashed, Quashing). (various references)

Czech

zrušit (abolish, abrogate, annul, break off, call off, cancel, close down, countermand, destroy, disannul, discontinue, dissolve, do away with, invalidate, nullify, overturn, raise, repeal, rescind, revers, reverse, revoke, set aside, stop, strike off, sweep, take off, undo, unmake, vitiate, void, withdraw), udusit (smother, snuff out, suppress, throttle), potlaèit (contain, cork up, crush, fight down, hold back, hold in, inhibit, keep in, mince, put down, quell, quench, repress, scotch, smother, snuff out, stamp out, stifle, stop, subdue, suppress, tame). (various references)

Danish

ødelægge (destroy). (various references)

Dutch

verwoesten (damage, destroy, destruction, ruin), vernietigen (abrogate, destroy), vernielen (destroy). (various references)

Esperanto

malsukcesigi (abort), fiaskigi (abort), detrui (destroy). (various references)

Faeroese

spilla (coddle, damage, destroy, injure, pamper, pet, spoil), leggja í oyði (destroy), beina fyri (destroy). (various references)

Farsi 

فرونشاندن (Appease, Calm, Curb, Extinguish, Infix, Lull, Pacify, Quell, Quench, Relieve, Remit, Repress, Sate, Slack, Soften, Stanch, Stifle, Suppress, Tranquilize), نقض کردن (Breach, Break, Contravene, Gainsay, Infract, Reverse, Violate), له کردن (Mangle, Maul, Pummel, Rase, Scotch, Squash, Squeeze, Squelch), الغاکردن , باطل کردن (Abrogate, Annul, Cancel, Disannul, Dispense, Frank, Invalid, Invalidate, Undo), باضربه زدن . (various references)

Finnish

luopua syytteestä (nolle prosequi, to quash an action), kumota tuomio (to quash a judgment, to repeal a judgment, to rescind a judgment), kumota päätös muutoksenhakuasteessa (to quash a sentence on appeal, to remand the case, to set sentence aside and order a new trial), kumota päätös (overrule a decision). (various references)

French

torpiller, repousser, rejeter, ravager, réprimer (quell), réformer, infirmer, détruire, démolir, casser (to quash), annuler (to quash), abîmer (queer), étouffer (quell, quench). (various references)

Frisian

ferniele (destroy), ferneatigje (destroy). (various references)

German

verwerfen (abolish, abort, brush aside, condemn, discard, dismiss, overrule, reject, rejection, reprobate, to overrule, to reprobate), unterdrücken (choke back, clamp down on, eliminate, fight back, fight down, hold back, hold down, hold under, keep back, keep down, oppress, put down, quell, repress, restrain, shut out, sit on, suppress, throttle, to eliminate, to oppress, to repress, to suppress). (various references)

Greek 

καταργώ (abolish, abrogate, annul, do away with, negate, nullify, repeal, rescind), καταβάλλω (bear down, debilitate, defeat, defray, exert, overbear, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, quell, subdue, vanquish), συντρίβω (batter, beat, crash, crush, dash, demolish, grind down, knock the stuffing out of, lick, overwhelm, shatter, shiver, smash, squelch, stun), ακυρώ (abrogate, invalidate, nullify, repeal, rescind, reverse, vacate, void), αναιρώ (confute, negate, negative, recant, refute, rescind, reverse, unsay). (various references)

Hebrew 

לבטל פסק �"ין. (various references)

Hungarian

semmisnek nyilvánít (annul, to quash, to vacate), ront (accentuate, aggravate, destroy, to debase, to muddy, to worsen), rombol (destroy), hatálytalanít (invalidate, nullify, renege, repeal, revoke, to abate, to frustrate, to invalidate, to null, to nullify, to quash, to repeal, to rescind, to revoke, to stultify, to supersede), érvénytelenít (abate, abrogate, annul, call off, cancel, disannul, invalidate, nullify, rescind, to annul, to frustrate, to infirm, to invalidate, to nullify, to overrule, to rescind, to set aside, to toll, to vitiate, to void, void). (various references)

Indonesian

menindas (oppress, repress), menekan (compress, depress, press), membatalkan (annul, countermand, delay, disqualify, nullify, postpone, rescind, revoke). (various references)

Italian

distruggere (abolishes, blast, consume, dash, destroy, exterminate, kill, nip, obliterate, overwhelm, rase, raze, shatter, shoot down, smash, smash up, tear apart, undo, unmake, wreck). (various references)

Manx

cur gys neunhee (annihilate, annul, rescind). (various references)

Papiamen

destruí (destroy), destrosá (destroy). (various references)

Pig Latin

ashquay

Polish

niszczyć. (various references)

Portuguese

suprimir (burke, crush, cut, dele, dissolve, eliminate, exterminate, fade away, knock out, liquidate, obliterate, prune, put down, quell, smother, stop, suppress, throttle, wipe out), subverter (destroy, subvert), revogar (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, call back, call off, cancel, countermand, deprive, determine, disaffirm, discharge, recall, remit, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke), invalidar (annul, break, invalidate, irritate, negate, nullify, stultify, vitiate, whittle down), extinguir (die, do for, douse, exterminate, extinguish, fade, jugulate, obliterate, out, put out, quench, smother, wipe out), destruir (blast, butcher, consume, defeat, demolish, depredate, destroy, devour, dilapidate, douse, eat, end, explode, extinguish, finish off, havoc, impair, kill, mine, obliterate, override, overwhelm, poison, puncture, quench, rase, ravage, raze, reave, reive, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, subvert, tear down, undo, unmake, wipe out, wrack, wreck), demolir (break down, demolish, destroy, dilapidate, level, pull down, pulverize, rase, raze, unbuild, wrack, wreck), defazer (destroy), arquivar (discontinue, file, index, pigeonhole, record, shelve), anular (abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, annular, cancel, countermand, cross out, defeat, delete, disaffirm, disannul, dissolve, irritate, negate, neutralize, nullify, off, overrule, recall, remit, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, ring finger, ringed, rip up, set aside, strike out). (various references)

Romanian

strica (bastardize, batter, bedevil, blast, blight, break, bungle, contaminate, corrupt, crack, cripple, damage, debauch, decompose, deface, deflower, demolish, deprave, derange, destroy, disarrange, disconcert, disfigure, disorganize, disturb, flaw, frustrate, hackle, harm, hurt, impair, injure, Mar, muck, muddle, pervert, pip, rot, sophisticate, spoil, taint, vitiate, wreck), reprima (quell, repress, suppress), invalida (flaw, invalidate, prescribe), infirma (disaffirm, infirm, invalidate, refute), distruge (abolish, annihilate, blast, blight, confound, crash, crock, cut, cut to pieces, cut up, dash, decay, defeat, demolish, destroy, devastate, dilapidate, disrupt, eat into, eat through, eliminate, exterminate, extirpate, finish, kill, lay waste, make havoc of, Mar, obliterate, overturn, overwhelm, perish, play the deuce with, play the devil with, ravage, raze, reduce, ruin, scathe, scatter, scotch, shatter, shipwreck, sink, spoil, squelch, strafe, subvert, tear, undo, unmake, wreck), casa, anula (abate, abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, defeat, disaffirm, disannul, discharge, dissolve, negate, negative, nullify, overrule, recall, remit, render null, repeal, rescind, reverse, undo, vacate, vitiate), înãbuşi (blanket, bring under, choke, control, deaden, deafen, drown, hush, keep down, kill, mortify, muffle, quell, quench, restrain, smother, stifle, strangle, suffocate, suppress, throttle). (various references)

Russian 

аннулировать (abate, annul, avoided, cancel, canseal, disannul, dissolve, invalidate, invalidates, nullify, override, overriden, overrode, render null, rescind, vacate, void), подавлять (bring under, browbeat, depress, grind, keep down, mortify, overbear, overpower, put down, quell, quench, repress, smother, stifle, subdue, suppress, whelm). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ukinuti (abolish, abrogate, call off, cancel, discontinue, nullify, rescind, reverse, revoke, set aside, undo), ugušiti (asphyxiate, burke, choke, muffle, nip, quell, repress, scotch, smother, squash, stall, stifle, strangle, suffocate, suppress, throttle), poništiti (abolish, annul, cancel, countermand, defeat, foreclose, invalidate, nullify, repeal, unmake, void). (various references)

Spanish

destruir (demolish, destroy, encourage, invalidate, kill, knock down, pulp, ravage, shatter, smash). (various references)

Swedish

ogilla (be aversed to, deprecate, disapprove, disapprove of, discommend, discountenance, disfavor, disfavour, dislike, dispraise, frown on, scorn), krossa (Bray, break, bruise, crash, crunch, crush, dash, flatten, fracture, mill, pulverize, scotch, scrunch, shatter, smash, squelch, steamroller). (various references)

Turkish

bozmak (abash, abolish, adulterate, affect, alloy, annihilate, annul, baffle, ball up, barbarize, bedevil, blemish, botch, break, break down, break off, break on, bugger, bugger up, bust, cash, change, circumvent, confound, confuse, contaminate, corrupt, cross, damage, debase, debauch, decay, declare off, deface, defile, destroy, deteriorate, disappoint, disarray, discolor, discolour, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, discountenance, dislocate, dismount, disorder, disrupt, dissolve, distort, disturb, downgrade, emasculate, embarrass, embroil, exchange, explode, fluff, foil, foul, foul up, fumble, garble, goof, goof up, gum up, Harry, impair, indispose, infect, infringe, lead astray, leaven, mangle, Mar, mess, murder, muss, mutilate, obliterate, pervert, pollute, put out, put out of action, put to shame, queer, rattle, reverse, rot, ruffle, ruin, scotch, scupper, shatter, sour, spoil, stymie, taint, thwart, tousle, tumble, undo, unmake, upset, violate, vitiate, whittle away, whittle down, whittle off, wreck). (various references)

Ukrainian

роздавати (allot, circulate, deal, hand around, hand out, hand round, partition, pass out, share out), анулювати (abate, abrogate, annul, avoid, bar, cancel, defeat, disannul, elide, null, nullify, overrule, repeal, rescind, undo, wash out, withdraw), придушувати (deject, depress, neutralize, outray, overgo, put down, quell, quench, repress, stamp out, strangle, suppress). (various references)

annihilare, annullare, cassus, quassare. (various references)

quassare. (various references)

quasser. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "quash": quashed, quasher, quashers, quashes, quashing. (additional references)

Words ending with "quash": musquash, squash. (additional references)

Words containing "quash": musquashes, squashed, squasher, squashers, squashes, squashier, squashiest, squashily, squashiness, squashinesses, squashing, squashy. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Quash" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kash, kasih, Qasi, qaus, quabs, quach, quaeh, quaes, quags, quah, quahr, quahs, quans, quaos, quase, Quashie, quask, quasp, Quass, Quast, quasy, Quatsch, quavs, quaz, quaze, quazt, quazy, quazz, qudsi, ques, quesa, quesi, queso, quih, quise, quishe, quitsch, quohs, Quorshi, quosh, quraish, qursh, qus, quus, Uahs, uish. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: ash, has, qua, sau, sha, suq.

-3 letters: ah, as, ha, sh, uh, us.

+1 letter: buqsha, squash.

+2 letters: buqshas, quahogs, quaichs, quaighs, quamash, quashed, quasher, quashes, squashy.

+3 letters: charquis, musquash, quackish, quahaugs, quaiches, qualmish, quashers, quashing, squarish, squashed, squasher, squashes, vanquish.

+4 letters: bequeaths, chaquetas, harquebus, quamashes, sasquatch, squashers, squashier, squashily, squashing, squawfish, squeamish.

+5 letters: harlequins, musquashes, qualmishly, quebrachos, squarishly, squashiest, squirarchy, usquebaugh, vanquished, vanquisher, vanquishes.