Verb (used with object), : to nullify a contract. From Dictionary.com.
Onyxia has been nullified, which is disappointing but expected. From Wordnik.com. [WoW.com] Reference
But a holding call nullified the play in which Karel made a diving, acrobatic catch. From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
A holding call nullified a nice gain by Devin Hill, and the Wildcats couldn't recover in the opening series. From Wordnik.com. [Temple Daily Telegram Sports Feed] Reference
He also won a point after a replay that came when a bad line call nullified Melzer's solid return of Federer's serve. From Wordnik.com. [The Himalayan Times RSS] Reference
As a GA citizen, I do not want the Constitution "nullified" I want the incerssion of my rights. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
In her defence, Mda said the commission had repeatedly "nullified" or refused her requests for leave. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The court rejected the government's argument that 18 U.S.C. 1957 (f) (1) was "nullified" by the decision in. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Justice] Reference
"It was just on the night, two teams reasonably equally matched kind of nullified each other most of the time.". From Wordnik.com. Reference
South, and the Act of 1832 professed to modify the tariff -- but this measure not proving satisfactory was 'nullified' by South Carolina. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage] Reference
On Friday, the North declared all agreements on the Koreas 'disputed western maritime border "nullified," raising the specter of a naval skirmish. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
"nullified," raising the specter of a naval skirmish. From Wordnik.com. [The Jakarta Post] Reference
Of course, the 15th Amendment was often nullified. From Wordnik.com. [A CLOSE VOTE? LET'S HOPE NOT.] Reference
And nullified what appeared to be a winning Dallas touchdown. From Wordnik.com. [A Weekend Full Of Football, Tennis & Basketball] Reference
Within days of that ruling, the Federal Sharia Court, which has unclear jurisdiction, nullified both verdicts. From Wordnik.com. ['I DECIDED TO FIGHT BACK'] Reference
Many are beginning to think that the religious value of the services is often nullified by the compulsory attendance. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference
The decision nullified the Missouri restriction, or, indeed, any restriction by Congress on slavery in the Territories. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
But these fights -- while retarding the enemy's advance and causing him a loss three times our own -- were all nullified by. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
There was a clause introduced into the address, which nullified all former show of mercy; and the King was merely petitioned. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.] Reference
South Carolina declares the Tariff unconstitutional -- Kentucky declares it valid; is it nullified or not? is it void or valid?. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Brazil hit two posts, had two goals nullified and, with Neymar, Ramires and Robinho creating a blur, Selecao hogged possession. From Wordnik.com. [Wrapping up Brazil's 2-0 win over the USA] Reference
Stem-cell advocates were calling on the government to appeal the decision and seek to have the preliminary injunction nullified. From Wordnik.com. [Judge Roils Stem-Cell Research] Reference
Within these works, acts of social and political aggression are nullified by manipulating the potent gestures into works of art. From Wordnik.com. [Rise Of Rebellion: Matias Faldbakken: Shocked into Abstraction on Daily Serving] Reference
His motives in these expostulations were excellent, but his overbearing manner nullified all the good that might have been effected. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
And in addition it was designed to give effect to the provisions of the original act which had been nullified by judicial construction. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
All the advantages which Torbert had gained by surprising the enemy were nullified by this counter-attack, and he was obliged to withdraw. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
But the problem whose solution has thus been attempted by desperate suggestions has, by changing its elements, nullified our calculation. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
Foreseeing the result of his opponent's strategy, he had nullified it by seeking the position into which he would finally have been forced. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
Boobiac can not accept that she was outfoxed from beginning to end by The Brigade, as it nullified the "I'm The Empress Caligulotta" aspect of her HOH wins. From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12 Finale: "Fredo, You Broke My Heart."] Reference
If the enemy possesses an equipment which is within range of that of the air-craft and the force to which it belongs, communications may be nullified by the enemy throwing out. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
They passed laws that nullified all Cherokee laws, prohibited the Cherokee legislature from meeting, and ordered the arrest of any Cherokee who argued against moving to the West. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpts: 'Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View'] Reference
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