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131quash — verb 1) he may quash the sentence Syn: cancel, reverse, rescind, repeal, revoke, retract, countermand, withdraw, overturn, overrule 2) we want to quash these rumours Syn: stop …
132blight — [n] disease; plague affliction, bane, blot on the landscape*, canker, contamination, corruption, curse, decay, dump, evil, eyesore, fungus, infestation, mildew, pest, pestilence, pollution, rot, scourge, sight, withering, woe; concepts 306,674… …
