quash
I. quash1 (kwŏsh)tr.v. quashed, quash·ing, quash·es To set aside or annul, especially by judicial action. [Middle English quassen, from Old French casser, quasser, from Medieval Latin quassāre, alteration (influenced by quassāre, to shatter), of cassāre from Latin cassus, empty, void. See kes- in Indo-European Roots.] II. quash2 (kwŏsh)tr.v. quashed, quash·ing, quash·es To put down or suppress forcibly and completely: quash a rebellion. [Middle English quashen, from Old French quasser, from Medieval Latin quassāre, to shatter, from Latin. See squash2.]
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