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Quash v. t. (past & past part. quashed; pres. part. quashing) (Law) To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment.

Quash v. t.

To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush. "The whales Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed, Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed."

To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion. "Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief."

Quash v. i. To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.

noun

Quash n. Same as Squash.

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Etymology of 'Quash'

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"Quash" Quotes from Famous Books

... his intimate friend Wilkinson, its military commandant. Then Giles, whose view of impeachment left him utterly shameless in the matter, drew up and circulated in the Senate itself a petition to the Governor of New Jersey asking him to quash the indictment for murder which the Bergen County grand jury had found against Burr as a result of the duel with Hamilton. At the same time, an act was passed giving the retiring Vice-President the franking privilege for life. In the debate ...

— John Marshall and the Constitution - A Chronicle of the Supreme Court, Volume 16 In The - Chronicles Of America Series • Edward S. Corwin

... acquaintances, the Persians. Several merchants gather round me, and pretty soon they cunningly begin asking me how much I will sell the bicycle for. " Fifty liras," I reply, seeing the deep, deep scheme hidden beneath the superficial fairness of their observations, and thinking this will quash all further commercial negotiations. But the wily Persians are not so easily disposed of as this. "Bring it round and let us see how it is ridden," they say, " and if we like it we will purchase it for fifty liras, and perhaps ...

— Around the World on a Bicycle V1 • Thomas Stevens

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... silent, waited to behold How one would act, so daring, yet so cold: And soon he found, between the friendly pair That secrets pass'd which he was not to share; But he resolved those secrets to obtain, And quash rebellion in his lawful reign. Stephen, though vain, was with his father mute; He fear'd a crisis, and he shunn'd dispute; And yet he long'd with youthful pride to show He knew such things as farmers could not know; These to the Grandam he with ...

— Tales • George Crabbe

... has to quash that flinching and brazen it out. One way is as good as another. "I didn't tell him to pull my hair down, though. I didn't mind. But if he had been able to see I should have been much ...

— When Ghost Meets Ghost • William Frend De Morgan

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