invalidate

About 0.92 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make invalid (especially in to contract law)

   The circuit court judge's ruling was invalidated by a superior judge.

2. verb To make or declare (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous; disprove.
3. verb To render invalid; discredit.

   Telling an angry person to "calm down" can invalidate their feelings.

Similar words

nullify avoid annul vitiate quash void cancel deny cancelled negate

Often followed by

the a any it this his an or their all

Word family

invalidated invalidates invalidating invalidation invalidations invalidator invalidators