глагол 1) [юриспруденция] аннулировать, отменять 2) подавлять, сокрушать, сдерживать Например: to quash a feeling — подавить чувство to quash an attempt of resistance — подавить попытку сопротивления
I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English quashen to smash, from Anglo-French quasser, casser, from Latin quassare to shake violently, shatter, frequentative of quatere to shake to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely Example: quash a rebellion II. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English quassen, from Anglo-French casser, quasser to annul, from Late Latin cassare, from Latin cassus void to nullify especially by judicial action Example: quash an indictment