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quash

 
 
/kwɒʃ/ verb [T]

Translation

CHANGE DECISION formal to officially change a legal decision so that it stops existing
(resmen) bozmak, iptal etmek feshetmek; yürürlükten kaldırmak
His conviction was quashed last month.238692
STOP to stop something that you do not want to happen
durdurmak, engel olmak
He appeared on television to quash rumours that he was seriously ill.68715551862
(Definition of quash verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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