nullifying

Variant of nullify

nullify definition

nul·lify (nul′ə fī′)

transitive verb nullified -·fied′, nullifying -·fy′·ing

  1. to make legally null; make void; annul
  2. to make valueless or useless; bring to nothing
  3. to cancel out

Etymology: LL(Ec) nullificare, to despise < L nullus, none (see null) + facere, to make, do

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