- 1. n. Same as Squash. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush. Source: opted
- 4. v. t. To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion. Source: opted
- 5. v. i. To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise. Source: opted
- 6. v. put down by force or intimidation Source: wordnet
- 7. v. declare invalid Source: wordnet
- 8. Same as Squash. To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment. Blackstone. 1. To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush. The whales Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed, Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed. Waller. 2. To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion. Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief. Barrow. To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise. Source: webster
- 9. v:100 v put down by force or intimidation v declare invalid Source: ecdict
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