"nullify" meaning in English

See nullify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈnʌlɪfaɪ/ Audio: en-us-nullify.ogg [US] Forms: nullify [canonical], nullifies [third-person, singular], nullified [past], nullified [past, participle], nullifying [present, participle]
Etymology: null + -ify Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|null|ify}} null + -ify Head templates: {{verb|nullif|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you nullify something, you legally cancel or invalidate it.
    Sense id: simple-nullify-en-verb-5mf0LsYt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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