Joe Lo Truglio

I grew up down in Florida, and in the Keys, there's this place called Sea Camp which was not unlike Space Camp, except you explored the sea. And so that kind of whetted my appetite for that. But then I ended up swimming in a lagoon full of Cassiopeia jellyfish, and that quickly quashed that desire to be a marine biologist.

American Actor

Beth Ditto

As with most phobias, the fear of flying does make some sense, but if ever there was a fear worth quashing then this is it. After all, life is short, and there's a great big world to explore out there.

American Musician

Jessica Valenti

The widely held belief that the heterosexual nuclear family is best for children has long been used as a smoke screen for homophobia and as a talking point to quash marriage-equality efforts.

American Writer

Arfi Lamba

I arrived thinking I had these amazing looks and body and that I would straight away land the lead in a Yash Chopra film. Those fancy ideas got quashed soon enough.

Indian Actor

Fredrick Brennan

In the Philippines, it is routine to appeal an indictment to the DOJ, and they routinely quash indictments.

Used in a legal context, 'quash' implies a precise, authoritative action, often by a court or judge.

Legal Precision

'Quash' conveys a sense of finality when an official body nullifies an action or decision.

Power of Authority

The act of quashing something in a legal context is typically irreversible.

Irrevocability

Implying decisive action, 'quash' often suggests the use of force or authority to suppress.

Forceful Authority

'Quash' suggests immediate action to stop something from continuing or escalating.

Quick Suppression

Using 'quash' can imply that someone has control over a situation or group of people.

Connotation of Control

'Quash' signals a strong, decisive rebuttal of an idea or argument.

Logical Refutation

When quashing an argument, the speaker often appears confident and assertive.

Assertive Dismissal

Quashing an idea can indicate intellectual superiority or dominance in a debate.

Intellectual Dominance

 and what I'm going to actually encourage you to consider today is to go back to our school days when we learned how to count but I actually think it's time for us to think about what we count youko because what we actually count truly counts let me start by telling you a little story this is van quash she

Measuring what makes...

 and she has told her constituency that she is going to get copyright protection for fashion designs. The retailers have kind of quashed this notion though. I don't think the legislation is going anywhere, because they realized it is so hard

Quash

Legal Precision

Power of Authority

Irrevocability

Compare with

Never forget "Quash"

WordUp Chrome Extension