meaning of quash
1. To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment.
2. To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush.
3. To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion.
4. To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.
5. Same as Squash.
6. 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
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Related Words
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