quash

Meaning

1. To defeat decisively, to suppress.
2. (obsolete) To crush or dash to pieces.
3. To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).

Synonyms

destroy

quell

repress

demolish

invalidate

repeal

suppress

overthrow

subjugate

ruin

nullify

subdue

dash

💨

annul

reverse

overturn

conquer

rescind

vanquish

negate

annihilate

overrule

cancel

void

abrogate

reduce

avoid

crush

pull down

beat

put down

vacate

squelch

keep down

overcome

smash

refute

wreck

abolish

countermand

abort

take down

stifle

quench

quieten

recant

retract

revoke

revolutionize

shatter

shiver

silence

smother

spoil

squash

strangle

struggle

subvert

suffocate

swallow

tame

torpedo

trash

undo

unsay

upset

war

wipe out

withdraw

wrestle

demolish dash

force back

get under control

stop

🛑

scotch

allay

appease

batter

bear down

beat out

breakdown

break down

calm

cancel out

choke

choke down

choke off

confute

contend

crash

dampen

debilitate

defeat

defray

devastate

dismiss

disprove

elide

explode

extinguish

extrude

falsify

fight

forbid

interrupt

muffle

negative

neutralize

overbear

overlay

overmaster

overpower

override

overwhelm

pressing

put an end to

put out

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kwɒʃ/

Etymology

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”).