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INVALIDATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they invalidate ... he / she / it invalidates
Past simple: invalidated
-ing form: invalidating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take away the legal force of or render ineffective
Example:
invalidate a contract
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "invalidate" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
validate (make valid or confirm the validity of)
Derivation:
invalidation ((law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Synonyms:
invalidate; nullify
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "invalidate" is one way to...):
contradict; negate (prove negative; show to be false)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
validate (prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Example:
cancel cheques or tickets
Synonyms:
cancel; invalidate
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "invalidate" is one way to...):
mark; score (make underscoring marks)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Example:
void a plea
Synonyms:
annul; avoid; invalidate; nullify; quash; void
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "invalidate" is one way to...):
cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "invalidate"):
set aside (annul (a legal decision))
break (invalidate by judicial action)
stet (printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
validate (declare or make legally valid)
Derivation:
invalidation ((law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc))
invalidator (an official who can invalidate or nullify)