ANNUL (annulled, annulling)
Dictionary entry overview: What does annul mean?
• ANNUL (verb)
The verb ANNUL has 2 senses:
1. declare invalid
2. annul by recalling or rescinding
Familiarity information: ANNUL used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ANNUL (verb)
Meaning:
Declare invalid
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
nullify; invalidate; void; annul; quash; avoid
Context examples:
The contract was annulled / void a plea
Hypernyms (to "annul" is one way to...):
cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "annul"):
break (invalidate by judicial action)
stet (printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Annul by recalling or rescinding
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
countermand; rescind; repeal; annul; revoke; vacate; reverse; overturn; lift
Context examples:
He revoked the ban on smoking / lift an embargo / vacate a death sentence
Hypernyms (to "annul" is one way to...):
cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "annul"):
go back on; renege; renege on; renegue on (fail to fulfill a promise or obligation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
