nullify

English

Etymology

null +‎ -ify.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʌlɪfaɪ/

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Verb

nullify (third-person singular simple present nullifies, present participle nullifying, simple past and past participle nullified)

1. (transitive, law) To make legally invalid.

   The contract has been nullified.

2. To prevent from happening.
3. To make of no use or value; to cancel out.
   • 1983, Men At Work (lyrics and music), “Overkill”, in Cargo:

     It nullifies the night / from overkill

Synonyms

• (to make legally invalid): annul, cancel

Related terms

• null
• nullification
• nullifiable
• annihilate

Translations

make legally invalid

• Bulgarian: анулирам (bg) (anuliram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: annuleren (nl), vernietigen (nl), ongedaan maken
• Finnish: mitätöidä (fi)
• French: annuler (fr), nullifier (fr)
• German: annullieren (de)
• Greek: ακυρώνω (el) (akyróno)

  Ancient: ἀθετέω (athetéō)

• Hebrew: ביטל \ בִּטֵּל (bitél)
• Hungarian: érvénytelenít (hu), hatálytalanít (hu)
• Interlingua: nullificar
• Italian: annullare (it), cassare (it)
• Japanese: 取り消す (ja) (torikesu), 破棄する (ja) (haki suru)
• Korean: 취소하다 (ko) (chwisohada)
• Maori: whakakāhore
• Ottoman Turkish: بوزمق (bozmak)
• Portuguese: anular (pt), cassar (pt)
• Romanian: a anula (ro)
• Russian: аннули́ровать (ru) impf or pf (annulírovatʹ)
• Spanish: anular (es), derogar (es), abrogar (es), casar (es)
• Swedish: omintetgöra (sv), annullera (sv), upphäva (sv), ogiltigförklara (sv)
• Yiddish: מבֿטל זײַן (mevatl zayn)

prevent from happening

• Bulgarian: неутрализирам (bg) (neutraliziram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: estää (fi), ehkäistä (fi)
• French: annuler (fr)
• Hungarian: megakadályoz (hu)
• Portuguese: evitar (pt)

make of no use or value

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: kumota (fi), mitätöidä (fi)
• French: annuler (fr)
• Italian: neutralizzare (it)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} annullare (it)