annul
pronunciation
How to pronounce annul in British English:
UK [əˈnʌl]
How to pronounce annul in American English:
US [əˈnʌl]
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- Verb:
- declare invalid
- annul by recalling or rescinding
Word Origin
- annul (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French anuller (13c.) or directly from Late Latin annullare "to make to nothing," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + nullum, neuter of nullus "nothing" (see null). Related: Annulled; annulling.
Example
- 1. The courts later found grounds to annul the results , after the king urged them to sort out the " mess " .
- 2. The existence of one such person would annul any compensation attempt .
- 3. It worked : his resignation generated enough fuss to force the constitutional court to annul mr reyes 's appointment .
- 4. For weeks diplomats have feared that mr karzai would annul the election . Such a move would almost certainly lead to months of constitutional crisis .
- 5. Aar , which holds 50 per cent of tnk-bp , said it would take action against bp in a stockholm arbitration court to annul a framework agreement on the secondment of bp employees to the venture .