ANNUL (annulled, annulling)

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• 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