annul
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annul
- /əˈnʌl/ Canada, US, UK
- /əˈnɐl/ Australia, New Zealand
- /əˈnʊl/ Northern England
Sounds like Anal (an ethnic group in India; not to be confused with anal, which is not homophonous) · Rhymes with -ʌl
Where it comes from
From Middle English annullen, from Old French anuller, from Latin annullō (“annihilate, annul”), from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“none, not any”).
verb annuls · annulling · annulled
- To formally revoke the validity of. If you ask how religion thus falls on the thorns and faces death, and in the very act annuls annihilation, I cannot explain the matter, for it is religion's secret, and to understand it you must yourself have been a religious man of the extremer type.
- To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.
- To cancel out. They tried to reassure me but I was not able to annul my fears.
