What does quash mean?

Definitions for quash
kwɒʃquash

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduceverb

    put down by force or intimidation

    "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

  2. invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullifyverb

    declare invalid

    "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"

Wiktionary

  1. quashverb

    To defeat forcibly.

    The army quashed the rebellion.

  2. quashverb

    (relating to law) To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).

  3. Etymology: From quasser, from quassāre, present active infinitive of quasso.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Quashnoun

    A pompion. Robert Ainsworth

  2. To Quashverb

    Etymology: quassen, Dutch; squacciare, Italian; quasso, Latin.

    The whales
    Against sharp rocks like reeling vessels quash’d,
    Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dash’d. Edmund Waller.

    ’Twas not the spawn of such as these,
    That dy’d with Punick blood the conquer’d seas,
    And quash’d the stern Æacides. Wentworth Dillon.

    Our she confederates keep pace with us in quashing the rebellion, which had begun to spread itself among part of the fair sex. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 15.

  3. To Quashverb

    To be shaken with a noise.

    A thin and fine membrane strait and closely adhering to keep it from quashing and shaking. John Ray, on the Creation.

    The water in this dropsy, by a sudden jirk, may be heard to quash. Samuel Sharp, Surgery.

Wikipedia

  1. quash

    A motion to quash is a request to a court or other tribunal to render a previous decision or proceeding null or invalid. The exact usage of motions to quash depend on the rules of the particular court or tribunal. In some cases, motions to quash are requests to nullify a decision made by the same or a lower court. It can arise out of mistakes made by any lawyer or court officer. A lawyer may file a motion to quash if a mistake has been made on the part of a court, or if an attorney believes that some court document such as a subpoena was not issued or delivered following the required procedure. For example, a party that receives improper service of process may file a motion to quash.In the context of a court hearing an appeal, depending on the rules of the court, a motion to quash the appeal may be made on the basis that the court has no jurisdiction.

ChatGPT

  1. quash

    Quash refers to the action of suppressing or dismissing a situation, motion, decision, or proceeding completely and effectively, often in a legal context. It can also refer to the act of rejecting or voiding, especially by legal procedure.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Quashnoun

    same as Squash

  2. Quashverb

    to abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment

  3. Quashverb

    to beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush

  4. Quashverb

    to crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion

  5. Quashverb

    to be shaken, or dashed about, with noise

  6. Etymology: [OF. quasser, F. casser, fr. L. quassare to shake, shatter, shiver, v. intens. fr. quatere, quassum, to shake, shatter. Cf. Concussion, Discuss, Rescue, and also Quash to annul.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Quash

    kwosh, v.t. to crush: to subdue or extinguish suddenly and completely: to annul. [O. Fr. quasser (Fr. casser)—L. quassāre, inten. of quatĕre, to shake.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. QUASH

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Quash is ranked #105079 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Quash surname appeared 170 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Quash.

    90% or 153 total occurrences were Black.
    3.5% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.9% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of quash in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of quash in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of quash in a Sentence

  1. Bill Taylor:

    There's a heavy presumption in favor of the validity of a congressional subpoena, courts typically don't quash them or even force Congress to narrow them.

  2. Paul Kamenar:

    I'm actually on my way to the courthouse to file the motion to quash the subpoena on the grounds that special counsel Mueller's appointment by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is unconstitutional.

  3. Deutsche Bank:

    At no time was an investigator prevented from escalating activity identified as potentially suspicious, furthermore, the suggestion that anyone was reassigned or fired in an effort to quash concerns relating to any client is categorically false.

  4. Bill Taylor:

    Courts typically don't quash them or even force Congress to narrow them.

  5. Richard Iley at BNP Paribas:

    To quash talk that its arsenal is empty, the Bank of Japan might decide at its September meeting to stop targeting the monetary base, which conflicts with the negative-rate policy.

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