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Annul (Verb)

Declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea".

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

The court's decision to annul the marriage was based on the groom's failure to disclose his previous marriage.
The company's board of directors voted to annul the contract due to a technicality in the negotiation process.
Her previous guilty plea was annulled after it was discovered the prosecution had withheld crucial evidence.
The court annulled the adoption citing irregularities in the paperwork and lack of due process.
The government decided to annul the election results due to widespread allegations of voter intimidation and fraud.

Cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence".

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

The court decided to annul the marriage due to the husband's initial misrepresentation.
The family requested to annul the death sentence of their wrongly convicted relative.
The government agreed to annul the restrictions on travel to the newly reopened country.
The authorities decided to annul the result of the corrupt election.
The judge was able to annul the warrant for the wrongly accused suspect's arrest.