Dictionary entries for 'quash'

Synonyms

choke off
crush
extinguish
put down
quell
quench
squash
squelch
suppress

quash¹ (kwŏsh)

[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.]

transitive verb: quashed, quash·ing, quash·es.

To set aside or annul, especially by judicial action.

quash² (kwŏsh)

[Middle English quashen, from Old French quasser, from Medieval Latin quassāre, to shatter, from Latin; see squash².]

transitive verb: quashed, quash·ing, quash·es.

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

transitive verb: quashed, quash·ing, quash·es.

transitive verb: quashed, quash·ing, quash·es.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition