quashed

The word “quashed” has 1 syllable: quashed

It's pronounced as /kwɒʃt/


What is synonym and antonym for quashed?

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  • repealed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  • rescinded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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Related Words

abated

  • abbreviated
  • abolished
  • aborted
  • abridged
  • abrogated
  • allayed
  • alleviated
  • altered
  • ameliorated
  • anesthetized
  • annihilated
  • annulled
  • assuaged
  • avoided
  • bankrupted
  • banned
  • bereaved
  • bereft
  • bettered
  • blended
  • broke down
  • called
  • called off
  • canceled
  • cancelled
  • changed
  • cheapened
  • cheated
  • clipped
  • collapsed
  • compressed
  • condensed
  • constricted
  • contracted
  • corrected
  • countermanded
  • cropped
  • cured
  • curtailed
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • de-escalated
  • debilitated
  • declined
  • decreased
  • deducted
  • deflated
  • defrauded
  • degraded
  • deliquesced
  • demoted
  • dented
  • denuded
  • depleted
  • deprived
  • did away with
  • diminished
  • disallowed
  • disannulled
  • discounted
  • disfurnished
  • disintegrated
  • dismissed
  • dissolved
  • divested
  • docked
  • doctored
  • downscaled
  • downsized
  • dropped
  • dwindled
  • eased
  • ebbed
  • eliminated
  • enhanced
  • enjoined
  • eradicated
  • erased
  • evaporated
  • feeble
  • fell
  • fell away
  • fixed
  • fixed-up
  • flagged
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • fused
  • gave out
  • helped
  • humbled
  • impoverished
  • improved
  • invalidated
  • knocked down
  • knocked off
  • lessened
  • let up
  • leveled
  • light
  • lightened
  • liquefied
  • liquidated
  • lowered
  • marked down
  • merged
  • minimized
  • mitigated
  • moderate
  • moderated
  • modified
  • modulated
  • mollified
  • molten
  • negated
  • nicked
  • nulled
  • nullified
  • outlawed
  • overrode
  • overruled
  • overturned
  • palled
  • palliated
  • pared
  • patched up
  • phased down
  • prohibited
  • pruned
  • qualified
  • quashed
  • rebuilt
  • recalled
  • receded
  • rectified
  • reduced
  • refreshed
  • refurbished
  • regenerated
  • regulated
  • rejected
  • rejuvenated
  • relaxed
  • relented
  • relieved
  • remedied
  • remitted
  • remodeled
  • removed
  • renewed
  • renovated
  • reorganized
  • repaired
  • repealed
  • rescinded
  • restored
  • retracted
  • retrenched
  • reversed
  • revived
  • revoked
  • rolled back
  • salved
  • sank
  • set aside
  • shallow
  • shortchanged
  • shortened
  • shrank
  • shrunk
  • slackened
  • slashed
  • soft
  • softened
  • soothed
  • stripped
  • stript
  • struck down
  • subdued
  • subsided
  • subtracted
  • sunk
  • superficial
  • suspended
  • tapered
  • tapered off
  • tempered
  • thawed
  • threw out
  • took off
  • trimmed
  • truncated
  • vacated
  • vanished
  • vetoed
  • voided
  • waned
  • wasted away
  • weak
  • weakened
  • whittled
  • withdrew
  • wrote off

pacified

  • adulated
  • allayed
  • alleviated
  • annihilated
  • appeased
  • assuaged
  • babied
  • beat
  • blandished
  • blarneyed
  • blissful
  • broke
  • cajoled
  • calmed
  • cared
  • clobbered
  • coaxed
  • coddled
  • comfortable
  • comforted
  • conciliated
  • conquered
  • consoled
  • content
  • contented
  • crushed
  • defeated
  • delighted
  • disarmed
  • dominated
  • drubbed
  • dulcified
  • ecstatic
  • elated
  • enraptured
  • enslaved
  • euphoric
  • flattered
  • for
  • gentled
  • glad
  • gladdened
  • gratified
  • happy
  • humored
  • hushed
  • indulged
  • ingratiated
  • joyful
  • joyous
  • jubilant
  • licked
  • mollified
  • mollycoddled
  • overcame
  • overjoyed
  • overpowered
  • overpraised
  • pampered
  • placated
  • pleased
  • propitiated
  • put down
  • quashed
  • quelled
  • quenched
  • quieted
  • rapturous
  • reassured
  • reconciled
  • reduced
  • rejoicing
  • relaxed
  • repressed
  • routed
  • sated
  • satiated
  • satisfied
  • silenced
  • skunked
  • smashed
  • smothered
  • soft-soaped
  • solaced
  • soothed
  • spoiled
  • spoilt
  • squashed
  • squelched
  • subdued
  • subjected
  • subjugated
  • subordinated
  • suppressed
  • sweet-talked
  • sweetened
  • thrashed
  • thrilled
  • tickled
  • tranquilized
  • tranquillized
  • trounced
  • vanquished
  • walloped
  • wheedled
  • whipped

tabled

  • aborted
  • abrogated
  • added
  • adjourned
  • annulled
  • broke off
  • broke up
  • calculated
  • called
  • called off
  • ciphered
  • closed
  • computed
  • concluded
  • counted
  • deferred
  • delayed
  • disbanded
  • discontinued
  • dispersed
  • dissolved
  • divided
  • dropped
  • ended
  • enumerated
  • figured
  • halted
  • held off
  • ignored
  • intermitted
  • interrupted
  • invalidated
  • multiplied
  • negated
  • not explained
  • not responded to
  • nullified
  • numbered
  • on hold
  • pending
  • postponed
  • prorogated
  • prorogued
  • put off
  • quashed
  • recalled
  • recessed
  • reckoned
  • recomputed
  • refigured
  • repealed
  • rescinded
  • reserved
  • revoked
  • scrubbed
  • shelved
  • stopped
  • subtracted
  • summated
  • summed
  • suspended
  • tabulated
  • tallied
  • terminated
  • told
  • totaled
  • totalized
  • totalled
  • voided
  • winded up
  • withheld
  • without reply
  • worked out
  • wound up
  • wrapped up

vacated

abolished

  • abated
  • aborted
  • abrogated
  • annihilated
  • annulled
  • archaic
  • asleep
  • atomized
  • avoided
  • banned
  • blacked out
  • blasted
  • blew up
  • blighted
  • blotted out
  • broke down
  • broken
  • bygone
  • called
  • called off
  • canceled
  • cancelled
  • cold
  • collapsed
  • consumed
  • countermanded
  • crashed
  • crushed
  • cut
  • dashed
  • dead
  • dead and gone
  • decayed
  • deceased
  • decimated
  • defunct
  • demolished
  • departed
  • desolated
  • destroyed
  • devastated
  • devoured
  • did away with
  • disallowed
  • disannulled
  • disappeared
  • discarded
  • disintegrated
  • dismantled
  • dismissed
  • dissipated
  • dissolved
  • ditched
  • done for
  • doomed
  • doused
  • dropped
  • dynamited
  • effaced
  • ejected
  • eliminated
  • ended
  • enjoined
  • eradicated
  • erased
  • exanimate
  • excised
  • expelled
  • expunged
  • exterminated
  • extinct
  • extinguished
  • extirpated
  • fallen
  • felled
  • finished
  • flattened
  • forbad
  • forbade
  • forgotten
  • fragmented
  • frittered
  • gone
  • gutted
  • inactive
  • incinerated
  • invalidated
  • jettisoned
  • killed
  • killed off
  • lapsed
  • late
  • lifeless
  • liquidated
  • lost
  • misspent
  • misused
  • negated
  • no longer known
  • nulled
  • nullified
  • obliterated
  • obsolete
  • ousted
  • out-of-date
  • outlawed
  • outmoded
  • overrode
  • overruled
  • overturned
  • overwhelmed
  • passed on
  • past
  • perished
  • powdered
  • prohibited
  • pulverized
  • quashed
  • ravaged
  • razed
  • recalled
  • rejected
  • removed
  • repealed
  • rescinded
  • retracted
  • reversed
  • revoked
  • rolled back
  • rubbed out
  • ruined
  • sacked
  • set aside
  • shattered
  • smashed
  • snuffed out
  • splintered
  • squandered
  • struck down
  • subverted
  • superseded
  • suspended
  • terminated
  • threw out
  • tore down
  • torn down
  • totaled
  • totalled
  • unknown
  • unremembered
  • vacated
  • vanished
  • vanquished
  • vetoed
  • void
  • voided
  • wasted
  • wiped out
  • wiped-out
  • withdrew
  • wrecked
  • wrote off
  • zapped

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