Invalidate

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  • transitive verb. To make invalid; nullify.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To render invalid; destroy the strength or validity of; render of no force or effect.
  • Specifically In law, to deprive of binding force or legal efficacy: as, fraud invalidates a contract.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make invalid. Esp. applied to contract law.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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."
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    confirm  
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