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To quash is to suppress or put an end to something.

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When you set the record straight and stop rumors from flying, this is an example of a situation where you quash a rumor.
When a judge overturns or voids a conviction after an appeal, this is an example of a situation where a judge quashes a conviction.

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See quash in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

Law to annul or set aside (an indictment)

Origin: altered (infl. by quash) < ME quassen < MFr quasser < LL cassare, to annihilate, destroy < L cassus, empty < castus, pp. of carere, to lack: see caste

transitive verb

to quell or suppress (an uprising)

Origin: ME quashen < MFr quasser < L quassare, to shake, shatter, shiver, intens. < quassus, pp. of quatere, to shake, break < IE base *kwēt-, *kut-, to shake, akin to *skut- > shudder

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quasher noun

See quash in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb quashed, quash·ing, quash·es

To set aside or annul, especially by judicial action.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English quassen

Origin: , from Old French casser, quasser

Origin: , from Medieval Latin quassāre

Origin: , alteration (influenced by quassāre, to shatter)

Origin: of cassāre

Origin: , from Latin cassus, empty, void; see kes- in Indo-European roots

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transitive verb quashed, quash·ing, quash·es

To put down or suppress forcibly and completely: quash a rebellion.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English quashen

Origin: , from Old French quasser

Origin: , from Medieval Latin quassāre, to shatter

Origin: , from Latin; see squash²

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