quashed

The word “quashed” has 1 syllable: quashed

It's pronounced as /kwɒʃt/


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In the thesaurus, “quashed” has 141 synonyms and 72 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for quashed along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for quashed

  • abated
  • abolished
  • aborted
  • abrogate
  • abrogated
  • annihilate
  • annihilated
  • annul
  • annulled
  • avoided
  • banned
  • beat
  • black out
  • bottle up
  • broke down
  • called
  • called off
  • canceled
  • cancelled
  • clamp down on
  • conquered
  • cork up
  • countermanded
  • crack down on
  • crush
  • crushed
  • decimated
  • declare null and void
  • demolished
  • desolated
  • destroyed
  • devastated
  • did away with
  • disallowed
  • disannulled
  • discharge
  • dismissed
  • dissolve
  • dissolved
  • dominated
  • doused
  • dowsed
  • dropped
  • eliminated
  • enjoined
  • eradicated
  • erased
  • exterminated
  • extinguish
  • extinguished
  • extirpate
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • hush up
  • invalidate
  • invalidated
  • kill
  • liquidated
  • negate
  • negated
  • nuked
  • nulled
  • nullified
  • obliterated
  • outlawed
  • overcame
  • overcome
  • overpowered
  • overrode
  • overrule
  • overruled
  • overthrow
  • overturned
  • overwhelmed
  • prohibited
  • put damper on
  • put down
  • put out
  • put the lid on
  • quell
  • quelled
  • quench
  • quenched
  • recalled
  • rejected
  • removed
  • repeal
  • repealed
  • repress
  • repressed
  • rescind
  • rescinded
  • retracted
  • reverse
  • reversed
  • revoke
  • revoked
  • rolled back
  • rubbed out
  • ruined
  • sat on
  • scrunch
  • set aside
  • shut down
  • silenced
  • slapped down
  • smashed
  • smothered
  • snow under
  • squash
  • squashed
  • squelch
  • squelched
  • squish
  • stifled
  • strangled
  • struck down
  • subdue
  • subdued
  • subjugated
  • suppress
  • suppressed
  • suspended
  • threw out
  • throttled
  • trash
  • undo
  • vacate
  • vacated
  • vanquished
  • veto
  • vetoed
  • vitiate
  • void
  • voided
  • wasted
  • watergate
  • wiped out
  • withdrew
  • wrecked
  • wrote off

Antonyms for quashed

  • abetted
  • advanced
  • aid
  • aided
  • allow
  • allowed
  • approve
  • approved
  • assist
  • assisted
  • authorized
  • backed
  • build up
  • cleared
  • commanded
  • compliment
  • cultivated
  • decreed
  • do
  • enacted
  • encourage
  • encouraged
  • endorsed
  • enforce
  • established
  • fomented
  • formalized
  • forwarded
  • fostered
  • founded
  • furthered
  • give in
  • help
  • helped
  • incited
  • indorsed
  • instigated
  • instituted
  • keep
  • laid down
  • legalized
  • legislated
  • legitimated
  • legitimized
  • let go
  • mandated
  • nourished
  • nurtured
  • ordered
  • passed
  • permit
  • permitted
  • praise
  • prescribed
  • promoted
  • propped up
  • provoked
  • ratified
  • rebuild
  • release
  • sanction
  • sanctioned
  • start
  • stirred
  • support
  • supported
  • surrender
  • uncompress
  • validate
  • validated
  • warranted
  • yield

Meanings of quashed

  • verb
    1. To defeat decisively.
    2. To crush or dash to pieces.
    3. To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).

Example Sentences

  • The court quashed the unfair ruling, granting a new trial to the defendant.
  • The CEO swiftly quashed the rumors about the company's financial troubles during the press conference.
  • Despite initial concerns, the fire department quickly quashed the blaze before it could spread to neighboring buildings.
  • The teacher quashed the disruptive behavior in the classroom, restoring order and focus to the lesson.
  • The committee unanimously quashed the proposal, citing its potential negative impact on the environment.

On this page you'll find 213 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to quashed, such as: abated, abetted, abolished, aborted, abrogate, abrogated, advanced.

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canceled

  • abandoned
  • abated
  • abbreviated
  • abolished
  • aborted
  • abrogated
  • absent
  • annihilated
  • annulled
  • atomized
  • avoided
  • banned
  • blacked out
  • blasted
  • bleeped
  • blew up
  • blipped
  • blotted out
  • blue-penciled
  • bowdlerized
  • broke down
  • broke off
  • called
  • called off
  • censored
  • clipped
  • consumed
  • countermanded
  • cried off
  • cropped
  • cut
  • dashed
  • decimated
  • deled
  • deleted
  • demolished
  • destroyed
  • devastated
  • devoured
  • did away with
  • disallowed
  • disannulled
  • discarded
  • discontinued
  • dismantled
  • dismissed
  • dissolved
  • ditched
  • doomed
  • dropped
  • dynamited
  • effaced
  • ejected
  • elided
  • eliminated
  • ended
  • enjoined
  • eradicated
  • erased
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  • expelled
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  • extirpated
  • finished
  • flattened
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • fragmented
  • gave up
  • given up
  • halted
  • held back
  • inoperative
  • interrupted
  • invalidated
  • jettisoned
  • killed
  • killed off
  • laundered
  • liquidated
  • negated
  • negligible
  • not employed
  • not on duty
  • nulled
  • nullified
  • obliterated
  • on vacation
  • ousted
  • outlawed
  • outside
  • overrode
  • overruled
  • overturned
  • postponed
  • powdered
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  • pulverized
  • quashed
  • ravaged
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  • recalled
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  • red-penciled
  • redacted
  • rejected
  • relinquished
  • removed
  • repealed
  • repressed
  • rescinded
  • retracted
  • reversed
  • revoked
  • rolled back
  • rubbed out
  • ruined
  • scrapped
  • scrubbed
  • set aside
  • shattered
  • shortened
  • silenced
  • slender
  • slight
  • slim
  • small
  • smashed
  • splintered
  • stopped
  • struck down
  • suppressed
  • surrendered
  • suspended
  • terminated
  • threw out
  • took back
  • tore down
  • totaled
  • totalled
  • unavailable
  • vacated
  • vetoed
  • voided
  • wasted
  • wiped out
  • withdrew
  • wrecked
  • wrote off
  • zapped

vacated

  • abandoned
  • abated
  • abolished
  • aborted
  • abrogated
  • accessible
  • agape
  • airy
  • ajar
  • alone
  • annihilated
  • annulled
  • avoided
  • banned
  • bare
  • barren
  • bereft
  • blank
  • bled
  • broke down
  • called
  • called off
  • canceled
  • cancelled
  • cast aside
  • cast away
  • cast-off
  • castaway
  • changed residences
  • cleaned
  • clear
  • cleared
  • countermanded
  • dead
  • deflated
  • dehiscent
  • departed
  • depleted
  • derelict
  • desert
  • deserted
  • desolate
  • despoiled
  • destitute
  • devoid
  • did away with
  • disallowed
  • disannulled
  • discarded
  • disclosed
  • dismissed
  • dissipated
  • dissolved
  • disused
  • drained
  • dropped
  • dry
  • dumped
  • eighty-sixed
  • eliminated
  • emigrated
  • emptied
  • empty
  • enjoined
  • eradicated
  • erased
  • evacuated
  • exhausted
  • expanded
  • expansive
  • exposed
  • extended
  • extensive
  • flushed
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • forgotten
  • forlorn
  • forsaken
  • free
  • gaping
  • given up
  • godforsaken
  • gone away
  • hollow
  • hot-air
  • idle
  • ignored
  • invalidated
  • jettisoned
  • jilted
  • junked
  • lacking
  • left
  • left in the cold
  • left in the lurch
  • liquidated
  • made passable
  • migrated
  • miserable
  • naked
  • navigable
  • negated
  • neglected
  • nulled
  • nullified
  • outcast
  • outlawed
  • overrode
  • overruled
  • overturned
  • passable
  • passed up
  • patent
  • patulous
  • peeled
  • pigeon-holed
  • prohibited
  • purged
  • quashed
  • recalled
  • refuse
  • rejected
  • relinquished
  • relocated
  • removed
  • rent
  • repealed
  • rescinded
  • retracted
  • revealed
  • reversed
  • revoked
  • ringent
  • rolled back
  • rolling
  • scoured
  • set aside
  • shabby
  • shunned
  • side-tracked
  • sidelined
  • spacious
  • spread-out
  • stark
  • stripped
  • struck down
  • susceptible
  • suspended
  • swept
  • threw out
  • transferred
  • unattended
  • unbarred
  • unblocked
  • unbolted
  • unburdened
  • uncluttered
  • uncovered
  • unfilled
  • unfolded
  • unfurled
  • unfurnished
  • unimpeded
  • uninhabited
  • unlocked
  • unobstructed
  • unoccupied
  • unplugged
  • unsealed
  • unshut
  • unstopped
  • untended
  • vacant
  • vacuous
  • vetoed
  • void
  • voided
  • wanting
  • waste
  • wasted
  • wide
  • withdrew
  • wretched
  • wrote off
  • yawning

jam-packed

  • SRO
  • a lot of
  • abounding
  • abundant
  • adequate
  • airtight
  • alive
  • ample
  • arranged
  • awash
  • big
  • bloated
  • bounteous
  • brimful
  • brimmed
  • brimming
  • bulging
  • bulked
  • bundled
  • burdened
  • bursting
  • charged
  • chock
  • chock-a-block
  • chock-full
  • chockablock
  • chockful
  • choked
  • circumscribed
  • clean
  • close
  • close-grained
  • closed
  • compact
  • compacted
  • competent
  • complete
  • completely full
  • compressed
  • condensed
  • confined
  • confining
  • congested
  • considerable
  • consigned
  • consolidated
  • copious
  • countless
  • cram full
  • crammed
  • cramped
  • cropped
  • crowded
  • crushed
  • dense
  • drenched
  • elbow-to-elbow
  • endless
  • enough
  • entire
  • everywhere
  • extravagant
  • fat
  • filled
  • filled to the rafters
  • firm
  • fit to bust
  • flooded
  • flush
  • fraught
  • full
  • full house
  • full to the gills
  • full up
  • galore
  • generous
  • glutted
  • gorged
  • great
  • gridlocked
  • hard
  • heaped
  • heaps
  • heavy
  • honeycombed
  • huddled
  • imbued
  • immeasurable
  • impenetrable
  • impermeable
  • impervious
  • impregnated
  • intact
  • jam-full
  • jammed
  • jammed full
  • laden
  • lavish
  • loaded
  • loads
  • lotsa
  • lousy with
  • luxurious
  • many
  • massed
  • matted
  • mega
  • mob scene
  • mobbed
  • mucho
  • narrow
  • nip and tuck
  • no end
  • obstructed
  • occluded
  • opaque
  • overbuilt
  • overcharged
  • overcrowded
  • overfed
  • overfilled
  • overflowed
  • overflowing
  • overfull
  • overladen
  • overloaded
  • overpopulated
  • overstuffed
  • packed
  • packed like sardines
  • packed to capacity
  • padded
  • penetrated
  • piled
  • plenteous
  • plentiful
  • plethoric
  • plugged
  • populous
  • pressed
  • profuse
  • rammed
  • refilled
  • refreshed
  • reloaded
  • repacked
  • replenished
  • replete
  • restricted
  • rife
  • running over
  • sardined
  • sated
  • satiated
  • satisfied
  • satisfying
  • saturated
  • scads
  • seething
  • serried
  • short
  • shoved
  • sizable
  • snug
  • sold out
  • solid
  • squashed
  • squeezed
  • standing room only
  • stiff with
  • stocked
  • stopped
  • stoppered
  • stuffed
  • stuffed-up
  • substantial
  • sufficient
  • suffused
  • surfeited
  • swamped
  • swarming
  • teeming
  • thick
  • thickset
  • thronged
  • tight
  • to the roof
  • topped off
  • tumid
  • up to here
  • up to the hilt
  • up to the rafters
  • very many
  • voluminous
  • wall-to-wall
  • weighted
  • well-provided
  • wrapped

halted

  • abated
  • abolished
  • aborted
  • annulled
  • apoplectic
  • arrested
  • at a standstill
  • at rest
  • backed down
  • baffled
  • balanced
  • balked
  • becalmed
  • bit the dust
  • blockaded
  • blocked
  • blundered
  • bottlenecked
  • braked
  • broke
  • broke down
  • broke off
  • broke up
  • brought up
  • called
  • canned
  • caught
  • ceased
  • checked
  • choked off
  • clamped down
  • clogged
  • closed
  • completed
  • concluded
  • considered
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • dallied
  • dammed
  • dawdled
  • deactivated
  • dead
  • dead-ended
  • deadlocked
  • deathly
  • debated
  • deferred
  • delayed
  • deliberated
  • demolished
  • destroyed
  • detained
  • determined
  • died
  • discontinued
  • dissolved
  • dithered
  • doddered
  • drew up
  • dropped
  • elapsed
  • ended
  • equivocated
  • established
  • expired
  • faltered
  • fetched up
  • finished
  • firm
  • fixed
  • floundered
  • frozen
  • gave over
  • had done with
  • hawed
  • hedged
  • held
  • held back
  • held up
  • hemmed
  • hesitated
  • hindered
  • hitched
  • hobbled
  • hung back
  • immobile
  • immotile
  • impeded
  • inanimate
  • inert
  • interrupted
  • kiboshed
  • killed
  • knocked off
  • laid off
  • lapsed
  • left
  • left off
  • let up
  • lifeless
  • limped
  • lingered
  • lurched
  • numb
  • obstructed
  • oscillated
  • palsied
  • paralyzed
  • passed
  • paused
  • petrified
  • placed
  • planted
  • pondered
  • positioned
  • procrastinated
  • pulled up
  • pussyfooted
  • put
  • put the kibosh on
  • quiescent
  • quiet
  • quit
  • quitted
  • receding
  • regressing
  • repressed
  • retrogressing
  • ruined
  • scrupled
  • scuttled
  • shambled
  • shilly-shallied
  • shuffled
  • shut off
  • snagged
  • snuffed
  • spellbound
  • squashed
  • squelched
  • stable
  • staggered
  • stagnant
  • stalled
  • stamped
  • stanched
  • standing
  • static
  • stationary
  • staunched
  • stayed
  • steadfast
  • stemmed
  • still
  • stilled
  • stock-still
  • stopped
  • stored
  • stumbled
  • stunted
  • suppressed
  • suspended
  • swayed
  • teetered
  • terminated
  • torpid
  • tottered
  • transfixed
  • turned back
  • unmovable
  • unmoved
  • unmoving
  • vacillated
  • wabbled
  • waffled
  • waited
  • wavered
  • weighed
  • went
  • winded down
  • winded up
  • wobbled
  • wound down
  • wound up

banned

  • banished
  • barred
  • black-market
  • blackballed
  • blacklisted
  • blocked
  • bridled
  • ceased
  • checked
  • checked off
  • closed out
  • crushed
  • curbed
  • debarred
  • deported
  • deprived
  • deterred
  • disallowed
  • disapproved
  • discontinued
  • discouraged
  • disregarded
  • dissuaded
  • eliminated
  • embargoed
  • enjoined
  • excepted
  • excluded
  • excommunicated
  • exiled
  • expelled
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • forbidden
  • froze out
  • halted
  • hindered
  • illegal
  • illegitimate
  • illicit
  • impeded
  • impermissible
  • improper
  • inappropriate
  • ineffable
  • inhibited
  • interdicted
  • intolerable
  • objectionable
  • obstructed
  • obviated
  • ostracized
  • ousted
  • outlawed
  • precluded
  • prevented
  • prohibited
  • proscribed
  • put down
  • quashed
  • quelled
  • refused
  • rejected
  • repressed
  • repudiated
  • restrained
  • revoked
  • ruled out
  • shut out
  • silenced
  • squashed
  • squelched
  • staved off
  • stopped
  • subdued
  • suppressed
  • suspended
  • taboo
  • tabu
  • threw out
  • unacceptable
  • unauthorized
  • unbearable
  • unendurable
  • unlawful
  • unlicensed
  • unmentionable
  • unsanctioned
  • unseemly
  • unsuitable
  • verboten
  • vetoed

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