tr.v., -nulled, -nul·ling, -nuls.
- To make or declare void or invalid, as a marriage or a law; nullify.
- To obliterate the effect or existence of: "The significance of the past . . . is annulled in idle gusts of electronic massacre" (Alexander Cockburn).
[Middle English annullen, from Old French annuller, from Late Latin annullāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin nullus, none.]
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