quash

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quash[1,transitive verb] quash[2,transitive verb]

Main Entry: ¹quash
Pronunciation: 'kwäsh, 'kwosh
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English quashen to smash, from Anglo-French quasser, casser, from Latin quassare to shake violently, shatter, frequentative of quatere to shake
: to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely <quash a rebellion>