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VERB (2)

1. declare invalid;
- Example: "The contract was annulled"
- Example: "void a plea"
[syn: invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify]

2. cancel officially;
- Example: "He revoked the ban on smoking"
- Example: "lift an embargo"
- Example: "vacate a death sentence"
[syn: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Annul \An*nul"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annulled; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Annulling.] [F. annuler, LL. annullare, annulare, fr. L. ad
   to + nullus none, nullum, neut., nothing. See Null, a.]
   1. To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.
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            Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct.
            And all her various objects of delight
            Annulled.                             --Milton.
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   2. To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to
      do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees,
      edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules,
      permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by
      component authority.
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            Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to
            our liberties?                        --Burke.
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   Syn: To abolish; abrogate; repeal; cancel; reverse; rescind;
        revoke; nullify; destroy. See Abolish.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

annul
    v 1: declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
         [syn: invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid,
         nullify] [ant: formalise, formalize, validate]
    2: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an
       embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul,
       lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn,
       rescind, vacate]