annulled; annulling
1
: to declare or make legally invalid or void
wants the marriage annulled
His title to the estate was annulled.
2
: to reduce to nothing : obliterate
3
: to make ineffective or inoperative : neutralize
annul a drug's effect
Examples of annul in a Sentence
unfortunately, his arrogant attitude annuls the many generous favors he does for people
plans to annul their short-lived, ill-advised marriage
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The decision to annul the first-round results was made two days before the Dec. 8 runoff.
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arkansasonline.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Romania’s highest court annulled the ballot two days before the second round of voting in December, citing allegations of Russian interference in Georgescu’s favor, which Moscow has denied.
—Reuters, CNN, 9 Mar. 2025
Massive Russian funding and propaganda in Romania, for example, helped produce a narrow victory for an anti-NATO presidential candidate in December 2024, but the Romanian government moved quickly to expose these actions and the election was annulled.
—Ronald H. Linden, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
Georgia’s pro-Western President Salome Zourabichvili called for pressure to be brought on the Constitutional Court to annul elections last month won by Georgian Dream.
—Felix Light, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Dec. 2024
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arkansasonline.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Romania’s highest court annulled the ballot two days before the second round of voting in December, citing allegations of Russian interference in Georgescu’s favor, which Moscow has denied.
—Reuters, CNN, 9 Mar. 2025
Massive Russian funding and propaganda in Romania, for example, helped produce a narrow victory for an anti-NATO presidential candidate in December 2024, but the Romanian government moved quickly to expose these actions and the election was annulled.
—Ronald H. Linden, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
Georgia’s pro-Western President Salome Zourabichvili called for pressure to be brought on the Constitutional Court to annul elections last month won by Georgian Dream.
—Felix Light, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Dec. 2024
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annul
verb
an·nul
ə-ˈnəl 
annulled; annulling
1
: to make ineffective : neutralize
2
: to bring to an end legally
annul a marriage
annulment
noun
ə-ˈnəl-mənt
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