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Entry 5 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Quash

/kwôsh/ · IPA /kwɑʃ/
01 n. Same as Squash.
  1. 1.
    Same as Squash. See: Squash
02 v. t. To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment.
imp. & p. p. Quashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Quashing
  1. 1.
    To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment.(Law)
03 v. t. To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush.
  1. 1.
    To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush.
    “The whales Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed, Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed.” Waller.
  2. 2.
    To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion.
    “Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief.” Barrow.
04 v. i. To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.
  1. 1.
    To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.