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quash
transitive verb
quash
transitive verb

quash [kwɒʃ, Am kwɑ:ʃ] VB trans

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1. quash (destroy):

to quash sth bones, a hand, people
etw zermalmen
to quash sth fig hopes, plans
etw zerstören [o. zunichtemachen] fig

quash VB trans ECON LAW

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to quash an indictment
eine Anklage verwerfen
to quash a law
ein Gesetz für ungültig erklären [o. außer Kraft setzen] spec
to quash the proceedings in a civil case
das Verfahren einstellen [o. niederschlagen] spec
to quash a writ
eine gerichtliche [o. richterliche] Anweisung aufheben [o. für nichtig erklären] spec
to quash an objection
einen Einwand zurückweisen [o. fig abschmettern]
to quash a suggestion
einen Vorschlag ablehnen [o. verwerfen] [o. fig abschmettern]
to quash a bill POL
eine Gesetzesvorlage zu Fall bringen [o. ablehnen]
to quash rumours
Gerüchte zum Verstummen bringen fig
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to quash a conviction/decision/sentence
einen Schuldspruch/Beschluss/ein Urteil aufheben spec
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He appealed, and, in 2012, prosecutors dropped their opposition to his appeal, thus quashing the 1973 conviction.
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Her goal then was to quash her loneliness by communicating through bodily forms.
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The conviction was quashed and a retrial ordered.
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Terns was steadfast in his resolve to quash the unit, delaying the budget approval for quite a while.
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Later on she moved to have the inquiry quashed.
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The requisite planning applications were ultimately quashed by the secretary of state for the environment in 1982.
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A dispositive motion may also be used to request that an indictment be dismissed or quashed, or for judgment on pleadings.
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They used that power to quash any drive toward industrial organizing.
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Ultimately, the court made an order of "certiorari" (now known as a quashing order) to quash both decisions.
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Inmates set multiple fires and a riot squad was assembled to quash the rebellion.
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