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invalidate Definition

in·vali·date (in valə dāt′)

transitive verb -·dat′ed, -·dat′·ing

to make invalid; deprive of legal force

Etymology: invalid + -ate

invalidate Related Forms

in·val′i·da·tion noun

invalidate Synonyms

invalidate

v.

invalidate Usage Examples

Object

  • iterators: Note, however, that such an assignment may invalidate other iterators, if it changes the number of code units in the string.
  • warranty: You can often invalidate the warranty by doing trivial things.
  • proceeding: Refusal of either party to attend should not invalidate the proceedings.
  • cache: The canonical reason to override this is in order to invalidate caches.
  • patent: To do otherwise may invalidate a patent in some territories in the world.
  • guarantee: Damage of this nature will invalidate the battery guarantee.

Adjective complement

due: Sessions may be invalidated due to policies affecting security or resource usage, or by an application explicitly calling invalidate.

Modifying Another Word

  • automatically: Did you know for example that marriage or divorce automatically invalidates your will?
  • thereby: For example, the list may be lost, or the testator may attempt to substitute a later list, thereby invalidating the gifts.
  • necessarily: Information about the history of English poetry or the history of the language does not necessarily invalidate our critical findings.
  • thus: Even when NHPs do exhibit similar reactions to drugs or disease, the mechanism for the reaction may be different thus invalidating extrapolation.
  • certainly: Something else to keep in mind is that you'll certainly invalidate your original warranty.
  • not: They do not invalidate routes or ARP entries based on failures.

Used with why or when

what: The most recent electoral victories of the British Labor Party do not at all invalidate what is said above.

Present participle complement

exist: The structure of the Web Site has changed which may invalidate existing Bookmarks.

Preposition: in

  • event: If you do not tell them your cover may be invalidated in the event of a claim.
  • way: Norwegian legislation banning food additives is invalidated in the same way as the Danish regulations.

Preposition: by

  • vacancy: The acts of the Council shall not be invalidated by any vacancy among its members.
  • reason: The Disciplinary Panel proceedings will not be invalidated by reason of absence by the student at any stage.
  • change: These latter agreements could be invalidated by an inappropriate change to the consumer's agreement.

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