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verb (1)

past tense of quash
as in quelled
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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verb (2)

past tense of quash
as in abolished
to put an end to by formal action attorneys asked the court to quash the indictment

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Recent Examples of quashed
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Merz quashed talk within the press and his own party about his possible resignation despite Sunday's losses for his party just two weeks after a crushing defeat in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. — Esme Nicholson, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026 The image feels like a private memorial to Russia’s quashed anti-war movement. — Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026 The Department of Justice had argued Google could not be trusted to run the online advertising exchange after Brinkema ruled that Google had illegally quashed competition. — Jody Godoy, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Courts in some cases have quashed subpoenas or ordered the review of grand jury transcripts, and the criminal cases against Comey and New York Atty. — Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 The ruling upheld the January district court decision that first quashed the subpoenas. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2026 In 1842, the appellate court reduced the offense from a premeditated breach of duty to a negligent one, acquitted Ebel of founding a sect, and quashed his confinement. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 Federal judges have quashed many of the subpoenas as illegitimate efforts to intimidate providers into ending care. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 Any attempt to recapture their childhoods was quickly quashed, however, as exemplified by Dee getting her hair caught in a drop-tower ride and Dennis vomiting right next to her. — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quashed
  1. quelled
  2. abolished
  3. suppressed
  4. repealed
  5. subdued
  6. canceled
  7. overturned
  8. vacated
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  • Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever may have had their WNBA championship dreams quelled Thursday, but the star’s Nike Caitlin 1 signature sneaker story is just getting underway.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • At the very least, a loss would have quelled any desire to inflict further consequences on Michigan.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of quelled
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  • Holt said 13% of sales from the drinks will support Black Comedy Fest KC, with the percentage chosen as a reference to the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, and the festival’s social justice component.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Continue reading … CAT FIGHT — Kitten rescue defends ‘NO F---ING MAGA’ adoption policy as PETA calls for it to be abolished.
    — , FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of abolished
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  • Some of the footage was played during a dayslong suppression hearing last December, when the defense argued evidence recovered during the arrest should be suppressed because Mangione’s backpack was improperly searched.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The video included much of what was played during a three-week evidentiary hearing when defense attorneys argued the evidence should be suppressed.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of suppressed
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  • Hours later, Paxton said the tax should be permanently repealed.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Democrats, whose support is needed to pass the legislation in the Senate, would like to see most of the new SNAP changes repealed.
    — Tracy Roof, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of repealed
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  • Classic and Garden rooms are more subdued, less of a flourish of fabrics, and slightly more contemporary.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • His actions nearly crashed the flight with 182 people on board before passengers and others rushed in and subdued him.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of subdued
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  • Journalists traveling with Machado initially said the flights had been canceled because of paperwork problems, according to the Dutch report.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
  • And Nikolay Novichkov, a deputy of the 8th State Duma, publicly called for a probe into the Hitler comments and said the concerts should be canceled lest the rapper publicly support the war in Ukraine.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of canceled
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  • When a call is overturned, Baseball Savant measures the difference in run expectancy between the situation before the pitch/challenge and the situation after the call is flipped.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The driver of a semitractor-trailer that overturned early Wednesday in Olathe died in the crash, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of overturned
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  • Unlike Jackson and el Sayed, Stratton is poised to take the seat being vacated by Durbin, but has followed the progressive script.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Assistant Federal Defender Stephen Ferrell said Pike’s death sentence is an outlier because other 18-year-olds in Tennessee have had such sentences vacated.
    — Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of vacated

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“Quashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quashed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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