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

suppress

invalidate

repeal

repress

demolish

ruin

subjugate

overthrow

subdue

nullify

dash

💨

annul

conquer

rescind

reverse

overturn

negate

void

annihilate

vanquish

reduce

cancel

overrule

abrogate

countermand

crush

beat

vacate

abort

wreck

keep down

stifle

squelch

abolish

smash

put down

pull down

avoid

overcome

refute

take down

defeat

debilitate

break down

dampen

breakdown

crash

negative

Translations

vernietigen

vernielen

verwoesten

annihilare

annullare

distruggere

vernichten

bozmak

defazer

abreißen

annuler

zerstören

umreißen

détruire

einreißen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kwɒʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: quaschen

Cognate with Dutch: kwetsen

Cognate with German: quetschen

Cognate with Spanish: quejar

In summary

From Middle English quaschen, quasshen, cwessen, quassen, from Old French quasser, from Latin quassāre, under the influence of cassō (“to 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”).