verb.
To make invalid. Esp. applied to contract law.
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verb.
show to be invalid
verb.
take away the legal force of or render ineffective
verb.
declare invalid
verb.
make invalid for use
Word Usage
"FARRELL: I'm afraid I have to say that I think if the west started getting into the game of asking Muslim clerics to issue fatwas then it would put the clerics in a very difficult situation and it would kind of invalidate the fatwa if they did it because they would look like they're doing it at the behest of the west."