Topic: LAW
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nul‧li‧fy
past tense and past participle nullified, present participle nullifying, third person singular nullifies [transitive]
past tense and past participle nullified, present participle nullifying, third person singular nullifies [transitive]1 lawSCL to officially state that something has no legal force : The election results were nullified because of voter fraud.
The election results were nullified because of voter fraud.2 formal to make something lose its effect or value : Recent inflation could nullify the economic growth of the last several years.
Recent inflation could nullify the economic growth of the last several years. —nullification noun [uncountable]
noun [uncountable]