NULLIFY (nullified)

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Irregular inflected form: nullified   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does nullify mean? 

• NULLIFY (verb)
  The verb NULLIFY has 3 senses:

1. declare invalid

2. show to be invalid

3. make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

  Familiarity information: NULLIFY used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NULLIFY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they nullify    ... he / she / it nullifies   
Past simple: nullified   
Past participle: nullified   
-ing form: nullifying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Declare invalid

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

annul; avoid; invalidate; nullify; quash; void

Context example:

void a plea

Hypernyms (to "nullify" is one way to...):

cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "nullify"):

set aside (annul (a legal decision))

break (invalidate by judicial action)

stet (printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

nullification (the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something)

nullification (the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress)

nullifier (an official who can invalidate or nullify)

nullifier (an advocate of nullification; someone who believes that a state can resist federal laws)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Show to be invalid

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

invalidate; nullify

Hypernyms (to "nullify" is one way to...):

contradict; negate (prove negative; show to be false)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

negate; neutralise; neutralize; nullify

Context example:

This action will negate the effect of my efforts

Hypernyms (to "nullify" is one way to...):

weaken (lessen the strength of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

nullification (the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something)

 Context examples 

A coded value specifying the reason why the entity is nullified.

(Nullification Reason Code, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): active, cancelled, pending, suspended, terminated, nullified

(Experimental Unit Status Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)