quashes

Verb

quash (third-person singular simple present quashes, present participle quashing, simple past and past participle quashed)

1. To defeat decisively, to suppress.
   • The army quashed the rebellion.
2. (obsolete) To crush or dash to pieces.
   • The whales / Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed, / Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed.1645, Edmund Waller, The Battle Of The Summer Islands
3. To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).
   • In the case of an appeal against conviction the Court shall, if they allow the appeal, quash the conviction.1968, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Section 2(2)”, in Criminal Appeal Act 1968^(Criminal Appeal Act 1968), page 2