annul

verb
UK: /əˈnʌl/
US: /əˈnʌl/

  1. To declare something is no longer legally valid.

    1. The court can annul his driving license because of drunk driving. [ ] [ ]
    2. The marriage was annulled after it was discovered that one partner was already married, so annul is appropriate. [ ] [ ]

  2. To make ineffective or non-existent; to cancel or abolish.

    1. The new law will annul the old one from last year. [ ] [ ]
    2. The company tried to annul the contract, but their attempts to annul agreement failed. [ ] [ ]

Synonyms

invalidate revoke void cancel abolish rescind nullify
annul transitive-verb

  1. To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.

    1. The storm could annul all our hard work on garden. [ ] [ ]
    2. His arrival was going to annul everything they had accomplished so far. [ ] [ ]

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "annul" in English means: To declare something is no longer legally valid., To make ineffective or non-existent; to cancel or abolish..

The phonetic transcription of "annul" is /əˈnʌl/ in British English and /əˈnʌl/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "annul": invalidate, revoke, void, cancel, abolish, rescind, nullify.

Example usage of "annul": "The court can annul his driving license because of drunk driving.". More examples on the page.