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INVALIDATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take away the legal force of or render ineffective

Example:

invalidate a contract

Synonyms:

invalidate; vitiate; void

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:

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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:

Show to be invalid

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:

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Antonym:

validate (prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make invalid for use

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:

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Sense 4

Meaning:

Declare invalid

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:

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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)

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