Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to quash
Participle: quashed
Gerund: quashing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | quash |
| you | quash |
| he;she;it | quashes |
| we | quash |
| you | quash |
| they | quash |
Perfect
| I | have quashed |
| you | have quashed |
| he;she;it | has quashed |
| we | have quashed |
| you | have quashed |
| they | have quashed |
Past
| I | quashed |
| you | quashed |
| he;she;it | quashed |
| we | quashed |
| you | quashed |
| they | quashed |
Pluperfect
| I | had quashed |
| you | had quashed |
| he;she;it | had quashed |
| we | had quashed |
| you | had quashed |
| they | had quashed |
Future
| I | will quash |
| you | will quash |
| he;she;it | will quash |
| we | will quash |
| you | will quash |
| they | will quash |
Future Perfect
| I | will have quashed |
| you | will have quashed |
| he;she;it | will have quashed |
| we | will have quashed |
| you | will have quashed |
| they | will have quashed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | quash |
| you | quash |
| he;she;it | quash |
| we | quash |
| you | quash |
| they | quash |
Perfect
| I | have quashed |
| you | have quashed |
| he;she;it | have quashed |
| we | have quashed |
| you | have quashed |
| they | have quashed |
Imperfect
| I | quashed |
| you | quashed |
| he;she;it | quashed |
| we | quashed |
| you | quashed |
| they | quashed |
Pluperfect
| I | had quashed |
| you | had quashed |
| he;she;it | had quashed |
| we | had quashed |
| you | had quashed |
| they | had quashed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would quash |
| you | would quash |
| he;she;it | would quash |
| we | would quash |
| you | would quash |
| they | would quash |
Perfect
| I | would have quashed |
| you | would have quashed |
| he;she;it | would have quashed |
| we | would have quashed |
| you | would have quashed |
| they | would have quashed |
Imperative
| you | quash |
| we | Let's quash |
| you | quash |
Verbs conjugated like 'quash'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'quash'
quass,
squash,
abash,
ash,
bash,
brash,
bush,
cash,
clash,
crash,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to make void, annul, crush," c.1330, from O.Fr.
quasser "to break, smash," from L.
quassare "to shatter," frequentative of
quatere "to shake" (pp.
quassus). Meaning "suppress" is from M.L.
quassare "make null and void," from L.
cassus "empty, void," influenced by
quassare.
2. From Middle English quaschen, quasshen, cwessen, quassen, from Old French quasser, from Latin quassāre, under the influence of cassō (“to annul”), from Latin quatiō (“to shake”) Cognate with Dutch kwetsen (“to hurt, injure”), German quetschen (“to crush, squash”), Spanish quejar (“to complain”). See: Middle English '
quaschen', Old French '
quasser', Latin '
quassō', Latin '
quatiō', Dutch '
kwetsen', German, old spelling '
quetschen', Spanish '
quejar'.
Verbs referencing "quash"
Spanish
quejarse, Spanish
cascar, Swedish
kväsa.
Sample Sentences
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The army quashed the rebellion.
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Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief. [a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:]
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Anne that she had been perfectly right in her proceedings, since, by quashing all idle hopes, both parties would see the necessity of conquering their foolish passion. [1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 269:]
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In an early scene with her father, Alma is shown rebelling against the staid, petty and occasionally vicious life of Glorious Hill, Mississippi; her father quashes her cruelly, but it is established that Alma has it in her to defy convention. [1976 December 25, Robert Chesley, “New York's "Nightingale" Does No Justice to Williams' Play”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 16:]
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The whales / Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed, / Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed. [1645, Edmund Waller, The Battle Of The Summer Islands:]
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In the case of an appeal against conviction the Court shall, if they allow the appeal, quash the conviction. [1968, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Section 2(2)”, in Criminal Appeal Act 1968^(Criminal Appeal Act 1968), page 2:]