deprive+of+force

  • 1deprive of force — index abolish, cancel, dismiss (discharge), eviscerate, negate, vacate (void) Burton s Legal Thesaurus …

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  • 2deprive — de·prive vt de·prived, de·priv·ing: to take away or withhold something from no person shall...be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law U.S. Constitution amend. V dep·ri·va·tion /ˌde prə vā shən, ˌdē ˌprī / n Merriam… …

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  • 3deprive of legal force — index nullify Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4Force Acts — can refer to several groups of acts passed by the United States Congress. The term usually refers to the events after the American Civil War.Jefferson s EmbargoThe first time a force act was used was in 1807, when Congress forced Jefferson s… …

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  • 5de|force — «dih FRS, FOHRS», transitive verb, forced, forc|ing. Law. 1. to deprive (a person) of property by force; keep (a person) from his property by force. 2. to withhold (something) by force from the rightful owner. ╂ …

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  • 6extort — ex·tort /ik stȯrt/ vt [Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere to remove by twisting, obtain by force, from ex out + torquere to twist]: to obtain (as money) from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or unlawful use of authority or… …

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  • 7eviscerate — I verb cut out, damage, debilitate, deprive of essential parts, deprive of force, deprive of vital parts, devitalize, dig out, disembowel, dismantle, embowel, enervate, enfeeble, exenterate, exsect, extract, gut, harm, impair injure, mar, pick… …

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  • 8dissolve — dissolvability, dissolvableness, n. dissolvable, adj. dissolver, n. dissolvingly, adv. /di zolv /, v. dissolved, dissolving, n. v.t. 1. to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water. 2. to melt;… …

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  • 9cancel — can·cel vt celed or celled, cel·ing, or, cel·ling 1: to destroy the force, validity, or effectiveness of: as a: to render (one s will or a provision in one s will) ineffective by purposely making marks through or otherwise marring the text of… …

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  • 10cancel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. delete; offset, neutralize; void, annul; postmark. See nullification, compensation, indication, nonpayment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To mark out] Syn. erase, eradicate, cross off, cross out, wipe out …

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