invalidate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: in=val=i=date
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

invalidate, v. t. [From Invalid null.].

 To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an agreement or argument.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

invalidate, v.tr.
1 make (esp. an argument etc.) invalid.
2 remove the validity or force of (a treaty, contract, etc.).

Derivative

invalidation n.

Etymology

med.L invalidare invalidat- (as IN-(1), validus VALID)

THESAURUS

invalidate

abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, belie, blow sky-high, blow up, bring to naught, bring to nothing, buffer, cancel, cancel out, come to nothing, counterbalance, countermand, counterorder, deflate, disannul, disconfirm, discredit, disprove, disqualify, do away with, explode, expose, frustrate, make void, negate, negativate, negative, neutralize, nullify, offset, override, overrule, prove the contrary, puncture, quash, recall, recant, renege, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, set aside, show up, stultify, suspend, thwart, undercut, undo, unfit, vacate, vitiate, void, waive, withdraw, write off

ROGET THESAURUS

invalidate

Impotence

VB be impotent, not have a leg to stand on, vouloir rompre l'anguille au genou, vouloir prendre la lune avec les dents, collapse, faint, swoon, fall into a swoon, drop, go by the board, go by the wayside, go up in smoke, end in smoke, render powerless, deprive of power, disable, disenable, disarm, incapacitate, disqualify, unfit, invalidate, deaden, cramp, tie the hands, double up, prostrate, paralyze, muzzle, cripple, becripple, maim, lame, hamstring, draw the teeth of, throttle, strangle, garrotte, garrote, ratten, silence, sprain, clip the wings of, put hors de combat, spike the guns, take the wind out of one's sails, scotch the snake, put a spoke in one's wheel, break the neck, break the back, unhinge, unfit, put out of gear, unman, unnerve, enervate, emasculate, castrate, geld, alter, neuter, sterilize, fix, shatter, exhaust, weaken.

Undueness

VB be undue, not be due, infringe, encroach, trench on, exact, arrogate, arrogate to oneself, give an inch and take an ell, stretch a point, strain a point, usurp, violate, do violence to, disfranchise, disentitle, disqualify, invalidate, relax, misbehave, misbecome.

Confutation

VB confute, refute, disprove, parry, negative, controvert, rebut, confound, disconfirm, redargue, expose, show the fallacy of, defeat, demolish, break, overthrow, overturn scatter to the winds, explode, invalidate, silence, put to silence, reduce to silence, clinch an argument, clinch a question, give one a setdown, stop the mouth, shut up, have, have on the hip, not leave a leg to stand on, cut the ground from under one's feet, be confuted, fail, expose one's weak point, show one's weak point, counter evidence.