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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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
Tracy Lawrence,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
At first, the DOJ issued administrative subpoenas, and many of those were quashed in court.
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Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
12 June 2026
Despite their apparent frustrations, most Republicans voted against a Democratic measure last week that would have quashed the fund.
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Justin Papp,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
Behind closed doors, ProPublica revealed, the majority-Republican state Supreme Court quashed the commission’s recommendations that two Republican judges who’d admitted to committing egregious conduct violations be publicly reprimanded.
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Doug Bock Clark,
ProPublica,
5 June 2026
The Indiana state senators who quashed the president’s redistricting scheme there?
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David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2026
Karvan and Kavian also took part in the massive protests that swept across Iran in January, before the uprising was violently quashed by the regime.
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Omar Abdulkader,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
Swalwell’s abrupt departure and Becerra’s equally sudden rise quashed that scenario.
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Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
The pursuit of knowledge can be quashed, but the public funds have to go somewhere.
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Janay Kingsberry,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2026
Verb
But the organization's culture and systems quashed the sharing of that information.
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Tracy Lawrence,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
At first, the DOJ issued administrative subpoenas, and many of those were quashed in court.
—
Selena Simmons-Duffin,
NPR,
12 June 2026
Despite their apparent frustrations, most Republicans voted against a Democratic measure last week that would have quashed the fund.
—
Justin Papp,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
Behind closed doors, ProPublica revealed, the majority-Republican state Supreme Court quashed the commission’s recommendations that two Republican judges who’d admitted to committing egregious conduct violations be publicly reprimanded.
—
Doug Bock Clark,
ProPublica,
5 June 2026
The Indiana state senators who quashed the president’s redistricting scheme there?
—
David M. Drucker,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2026
Karvan and Kavian also took part in the massive protests that swept across Iran in January, before the uprising was violently quashed by the regime.
—
Omar Abdulkader,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
Swalwell’s abrupt departure and Becerra’s equally sudden rise quashed that scenario.
—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
The pursuit of knowledge can be quashed, but the public funds have to go somewhere.
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Janay Kingsberry,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quashed
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But that hasn’t entirely quelled fears that the boom is just setting investors up for a bust when spending cools, a dynamic that has played out in past semiconductor cycles, which have been particularly painful for memory-chip makers.
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Authorities lifted the order hours later as crews quelled the flames.
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In 1865, more than eight decades after Elizabeth Freeman defeated slavery in Massachusetts, the practice was finally abolished throughout the United States, though only after a civil war that cleaved the young nation and cost more than 600,000 lives.
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Every fifty years, all debt was abolished.
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Oracle Park’s spacious dimensions and San Francisco’s chilly climate have suppressed home runs for more than two decades, but this was a true no-doubt blast that cleared the left-center field fence by plenty of feet.
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In effect, the program was suppressed and hidden rather than truly removed.
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Carrera can now only afford to take only one or two classes a semester after his in-state tuition was repealed.
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The extension is expected to generate approximately $925,000 annually and will continue unless repealed by voters.
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Other monkeys, including some of the larger and more dominant macaques, had to be subdued with tranquilizer darts before they could be captured.
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Upon their return, most ended up in countries that were invaded and subdued by the German army.
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The Mason Motocross races on Sunday were canceled after the crash, WOWK reported.
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He was eventually brought by an airport assistant to the gate for the flight to Sarasota, but that service was delayed and eventually canceled due to weather.
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In Tennessee, a pickup truck carrying about 1 million bees overturned near Knoxville in April, unleashing a swarm that blanketed the crash scene.
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The justices, by a 6-3 vote, granted an appeal from New York prosecutors who had urged them to undo a federal appeals court decision that overturned the verdict.
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Gallon vacated his seat to run for Miami-Dade County Commission to replace Oliver Gilbert, who left that role to run for Congress.
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Oklahoma Senate race One of Oklahoma's Senate seats is open after Mullin vacated it to become Homeland Security Secretary.
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