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invalidate
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb invalidate has 4 senses
- invalidate(v = verb.social) annul, avoid, nullify, quash, void - declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" is one way to cancel, strike down
- invalidate(v = verb.communication) cancel - make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets" is one way to mark, score
- invalidate(v = verb.cognition) nullify - show to be invalid; Array is one way to contradict, negate
- invalidate(v = verb.change) vitiate, void - take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract" is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived forms noun invalidation1, noun invalidator1
Antonym: validate
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Antonym: validate
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Derived form noun invalidation1
Antonym: validate
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CIDE DICTIONARY
invalidate, v. t. [From Invalid null.].
To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an agreement or argument. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
invalidate, v.tr.
1 make (esp. an argument etc.) invalid.
2 remove the validity or force of (a treaty, contract, etc.).
1 make (esp. an argument etc.) invalid.
2 remove the validity or force of (a treaty, contract, etc.).
Derivative
invalidation n.
Etymology
med.L invalidare invalidat- (as IN-(1), validus VALID)
THESAURUS
invalidate
abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, belie, blow sky-high, blow up, bring to naught, bring to nothing, buffer, cancel, cancel out, come to nothing, counterbalance, countermand, counterorder, deflate, disannul, disconfirm, discredit, disprove, disqualify, do away with, explode, expose, frustrate, make void, negate, negativate, negative, neutralize, nullify, offset, override, overrule, prove the contrary, puncture, quash, recall, recant, renege, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, set aside, show up, stultify, suspend, thwart, undercut, undo, unfit, vacate, vitiate, void, waive, withdraw, write offROGET THESAURUS
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Impotence
VB be impotent, not have a leg to stand on, vouloir rompre l'anguille au genou, vouloir prendre la lune avec les dents, collapse, faint, swoon, fall into a swoon, drop, go by the board, go by the wayside, go up in smoke, end in smoke, render powerless, deprive of power, disable, disenable, disarm, incapacitate, disqualify, unfit, invalidate, deaden, cramp, tie the hands, double up, prostrate, paralyze, muzzle, cripple, becripple, maim, lame, hamstring, draw the teeth of, throttle, strangle, garrotte, garrote, ratten, silence, sprain, clip the wings of, put hors de combat, spike the guns, take the wind out of one's sails, scotch the snake, put a spoke in one's wheel, break the neck, break the back, unhinge, unfit, put out of gear, unman, unnerve, enervate, emasculate, castrate, geld, alter, neuter, sterilize, fix, shatter, exhaust, weaken.Undueness
VB be undue, not be due, infringe, encroach, trench on, exact, arrogate, arrogate to oneself, give an inch and take an ell, stretch a point, strain a point, usurp, violate, do violence to, disfranchise, disentitle, disqualify, invalidate, relax, misbehave, misbecome.Confutation
VB confute, refute, disprove, parry, negative, controvert, rebut, confound, disconfirm, redargue, expose, show the fallacy of, defeat, demolish, break, overthrow, overturn scatter to the winds, explode, invalidate, silence, put to silence, reduce to silence, clinch an argument, clinch a question, give one a setdown, stop the mouth, shut up, have, have on the hip, not leave a leg to stand on, cut the ground from under one's feet, be confuted, fail, expose one's weak point, show one's weak point, counter evidence.
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