Quash means to put down, stop, extinguish, and it’s usually used to talk about ideas, feelings, or political movements. You wouldn’t quash a grape underfoot; you would squash it. But if you were a military dictator, you would quash a revolution.
Same as
Verb
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"
Verb
declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
n.
Same as Squash.
v. t.
To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an
indictment.
v. t.
To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to
crush.
v. t.
To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily
and completely; as, to quash a rebellion.
v. i.
To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.
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The whales Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed, Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed.2.
Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief.
Quash
Same as
To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void;
To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush.
To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.
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