as in to quell
to put a stop to (something) by the use of force
the dictator commanded the army to quash the uprising without mercy
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as in to abolish
to put an end to by formal action
attorneys asked the court to quash the indictment
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Recent Examples of quash
Jeremy Pressman, The Conversation, 15 June 2025
Data-dependent industrial giants like Amazon and others, meanwhile, are lobbying legislators to quash state efforts to curb emissions from data centers.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
No White House since then has dared to go around a state chief to activate domestic troops, and the seeming trigger for a careening upswing is an 1807 law that allows the military to be used to quash a domestic uprising.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 9 June 2025
The jail call evidence comes as the defense trains its focus on quashing the prosecution's argument that Lawson is guilty of conspiring to murder Rogers.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
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More generally, a strong executive leader and their supporters often want to quash dissent.
—Jeremy Pressman, The Conversation, 15 June 2025
Data-dependent industrial giants like Amazon and others, meanwhile, are lobbying legislators to quash state efforts to curb emissions from data centers.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
No White House since then has dared to go around a state chief to activate domestic troops, and the seeming trigger for a careening upswing is an 1807 law that allows the military to be used to quash a domestic uprising.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 9 June 2025
The jail call evidence comes as the defense trains its focus on quashing the prosecution's argument that Lawson is guilty of conspiring to murder Rogers.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
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“Quash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quash. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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