Quash Definition
kwŏsh
quashed, quashes, quashing
verb
quashed, quashes, quashing
To annul or set aside (an indictment)
Webster's New World
To quell or suppress (an uprising)
Webster's New World
To put an end to or destroy.
Quash a rumor; quash hopes of an agreement.
American Heritage
To suppress a legal document, particularly a subpoena, for reasons based on defect in manner of service or for other procedural or substantive reasons that invalidate the document; to void or terminate; to vacate a judicial decision.
Webster's New World Law
To suppress, as in quashing an uprising or revolt.
Webster's New World Law
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Origin of Quash
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Middle English quassen from Anglo-Norman casser, quasser from Medieval Latin quassāre alteration (influenced by quassāre to crush, shatter) of cassāre from Latin cassus empty, void kes- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English quashen from Old French quasser from Medieval Latin quassāre to shatter from Latin squash2
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French quasser, from Latin quassāre, present active infinitive of quassō.
From Wiktionary
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