verb [VN]
1 (law) to officially say that a decision in a court of law is no longer valid or correct
SYNOVERTURN:
His conviction was later quashed by the Court of Appeal.
2 (written) to take action to stop sth from continuing:
The rumours were quickly quashed.
Rate this entry
About this entry
This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for quash is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does quash appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — quash appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
