annul

tr.v., -nulled, -nul·ling, -nuls.

1. To make or declare void or invalid, as a marriage or a law; nullify.
2. 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.]

verb

1. To put an end to, especially formally and with authority: abolish, abrogate, annihilate, cancel, invalidate, negate, nullify, set aside, vitiate, void. Law extinguish. See continue/stop/pause.
2. To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean: blot (out), cancel, cross (off or out), delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub (out), scratch (out), strike (out), undo, wipe (out), x (out). Law vacate. See continue/stop/pause.

v

Definition: void an agreement
Antonyms: keep, restore, retain, revalidate, validate

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To make void; to dissolve that which once existed, as to "annul" the bonds of matrimony. A marriage which is annulled [by an "action for annulment"] is void ab initio as compared with a marriage which is dissolved by a decree of divorce; divorce operates only to terminate the marriage from that point forward and does not affect the former validity of the marriage.

IN BRIEF: To put an end to; to do away with.

Georgette wanted to annul her recent marriage to Stan.

Common misspelling(s) of annulled

• annuled

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - annullere, ophæve, omstøde

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongeldig/nietig verklaren

Français (French)
v. tr. - annuler, abroger, abolir, annuler (un mariage), infirmer

Deutsch (German)
v. - abschaffen, aufheben, annullieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ακυρώνω, καταργώ, διαλύω

Italiano (Italian)
abolire, annullare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - anular, rescindir

Русский (Russian)
аннулировать, уничтожить, отменить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - abolir, abrogar, anular, derogar, cancelar, denunciar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - annullera, upphäva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
废除, 取消, 宣告无效

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 廢除, 取消, 宣告無效

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 을 무효로 하다, 제거하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 無効にする, 取り消す, 廃棄する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يمحق, يبطل, يلغي, يفسخ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ביטל, חיסל, הכריז על (נישואים וכו') כבטל‬

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