annul

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From Middle English annullen, from Old French anuller, from Latin annullō (“annihilate, annul”), from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“none, not any”).

Your marriage with him may be annulled. — Robert Orange: Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange, John Oliver Hobbes
It cannot be annulled in the ordinary sense. — Helen Vardon's confession, R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman
In due course of time the Courts annulled the marriage. — Twenty Years of Hus'ling, J. P. (James Perry) Johnston

invalidate, quash, void, avoid, nullify

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