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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
annul
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a marriage is annulledformal (= is officially ended by a court or church)
▪ Henry VIII had his first marriage annulled.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
election
▪ Three days after the poll, Gen Noriega annulled the elections.
▪ Jovic nevertheless dismissed fears that the Presidency might seek to annul the election results and declare a state of emergency.
marriage
▪ They were married in 1930 and the marriage was annulled in 1933.
▪ A non-Catholic who is married to a non-Catholic can have that marriage annulled in order to be baptized and marry a Catholic.
▪ Ruskin's marriage was annulled in July 1854, on the grounds that it had not been consummated.
result
▪ Jovic nevertheless dismissed fears that the Presidency might seek to annul the election results and declare a state of emergency.
▪ That August, Babaginda annulled the results of the June presidential election.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A constitutional court could not have prevented dictatorship by annulling the law.
▪ A military junta had just overthrown the constitutional government and annulled a recently held presidential election.
▪ A non-Catholic who is married to a non-Catholic can have that marriage annulled in order to be baptized and marry a Catholic.
▪ If the tribunal upholds the appeal, then last Sunday's race, won by Senna, would be annulled.
▪ They were married in 1930 and the marriage was annulled in 1933.
▪ Three days after the poll, Gen Noriega annulled the elections.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Annul

Annul \An*nul"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Annulling.] [F. annuler, LL. annullare, annulare, fr. L. ad to + nullus none, nullum, neut., nothing. See Null, a.]

  1. To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.

    Light, the prime work of God, to me's extinct. And all her various objects of delight Annulled.
    --Milton.

  2. To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority.

    Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to our liberties?
    --Burke.

    Syn: To abolish; abrogate; repeal; cancel; reverse; rescind; revoke; nullify; destroy. See Abolish.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
annul

late 14c., from Old French anuller (13c.) or directly from Late Latin annullare "to make to nothing," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + nullum, neuter of nullus "nothing" (see null). Related: Annulled; annulling.

Wiktionary
annul

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To formally revoke the validity of. 2 (context transitive English) To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.

WordNet
annul
  1. v. declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" [syn: invalidate, quash, void, avoid, nullify] [ant: validate]

  2. annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind, vacate]

  3. [also: annulling, annulled]

Usage examples of "annul".

If Tess could somehow reach King Edward and explain her convent plan, he would see the wisdom of her actions and annul this hasty marriage.

Perhaps a priest would annul the marriage because Kenric was a bastard.

MacLeiths will have grounds to annul the marriage and you will lose all claim to Remmington.

An English priest would not annul her marriage, but a Scottish priest might be persuaded to see things her way.

I came prepared to annul this farce and send the chit back to Mull with a clear message for that Scottish ingrate who dares force his wishes over mine.

I was absolutely certain of, Weymerth, it was that Caroline would agree to my conditions, planning to annul the marriage.

Intellectual-Principle, treating them as impressions of reality upon it: we cannot strip it of truth and so make its objects unknowable and non-existent and in the end annul the Intellectual-Principle itself.

Immune from intellection the Good remains incontaminably what it is, not impeded by the presence of the intellectual act which would annul its purity and unity.

Neither does its nature as the unique annul its freedom when this is the result of no compulsion but means only that The Good is no other than itself, is self-complete and has no higher.

Reason recognising it as such a nature, you may not hope to see it with mortal eyes, nor in any way that would be imagined by those who make sense the test of reality and so annul the supremely real.

For three whole months he tormented the Pope, in order to induce him to annul our marriage.

Marquis de Montespan, not to annul and revoke the judicial and legal separation which exists, but to inform him of your return to reasonable ideas, and of your resolve to be reconciled with the public.

That power--to annul laws already enacted--rests squarely with the Congress of the United States of America.

Congress of the United States, which failed or refused to exercise its power and authority to annul the same.

Philippine Legislature shall be reported to the Congress of the United States, which hereby reserves the power and authority to annul the same.