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annulling

/uh-nuhl/US // əˈnʌl //UK // (əˈnʌl) //

废止,废除,废止了,撤消

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    an·nulled, an·nul·ling.

    • : to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate: to annul a marriage.
    • : to reduce to nothing; obliterate.
    • : to cancel for one day or one time only.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbvoid an agreement
Forms: annuls
Antonyms

Examples

  • Within days of the presidential poll, the High Court shocked the country by annulling the parliament based on technicalities.

  • Yes, said the judge, effectively annulling her election to parliament.

  • There is the same reason for discontinuing to obey a bad law as there is for annulling it and substituting for it a better.

  • A subsequent mental weakening would be no ground for annulling a marriage.

  • At length he withdrew into an Imperial palace invaded adjoining chamber to draft an order annulling the censorship of the press.

  • He assumed a priestly character, preaching, absolving, annulling marriages.

  • An ex post facto law was brought in with great precipitation, for annulling this dividend.