quash
Mane (English)
- To defeat decisively, to suppress.
- (obsolete) To crush or dash to pieces.
- To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).
Synonyms
demolish dash
force back
get under control
choke down
overbear
Pircarînî
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/kwɒʃ/
Etîmolojî (English)
In summary
From Middle English quaschen, quasshen, cwessen, quassen, from Old French quasser, from Latin quassāre, present active infinitive of quassō, under the influence of cassō (“I annul”), from Latin quatiō (“I shake”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁t- (“to shake”) (same root for the English words: pasta, paste, pastiche, pastry). Cognate with Dutch kwetsen (“to hurt, injure”), German quetschen (“to crush, squash”), Spanish quejar (“to complain”).
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