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  • v  put down by force or intimidation
    The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
  • v  declare invalid

  • Although the military high command was quick to quash that egalitarian notion as an unacceptable security risk, she found countless other ways during her six years in office to .
  • According to a Bloomberg News story, Alaska senior assistant attorney general Michael Barnhill has threatened to try to quash any such subpoenas, citing "a clause in the state's .
  • Obama is enlisting his millions of supporters to help him hunt down and quash these stories, just as those supporters helped him turn his insurgent campaign into a history-making .
News & Articles

  • Galliani: New captain Montolivo is not for sale
    The Rossoneri CEO has quashed speculation linking the midfielder with a move to Spain after appointing him as Massimo Ambrosini's replacement as skipper.
    June 24, 2013 - Goal.com via Yahoo! Sports
  • Brees tweets, 'I'm fine' after internet rumor spreads
    Saints quarterback Drew Brees took to Twitter Friday afternoon to quash a rumor that he'd been hurt in a car accident.
    June 22, 2013 - WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
  • Palace Describes Kate Middleton’s Birth Plan in Great Detail
    St. James's Palace released the particulars of Kate Middleton's birth plan to the public today, surely in an effort to quash rumors about the baby's gender, which were recently fueled by reports of the duchess purchasing a blue pram (psh, as if she'd buy it herself). For the remainder of ... More »
    June 19, 2013 - New York Magazine
Quotes

  • David Paterson in AFP
    Now we know who we have to talk to. We are going to quash the intimidation,Paterson said in a statement. "We are going to move this issue back to the floor of the Senate and we are going to have marriage equality in New York State and...
  • Robert Kiyosaki in The Times
    I have spoken to the people who represented Andrew Hall, Johannes van der Wath and Nicky Boje. They all played in the ICL last year and were banned by the ECB before they won their cases. They've seen my contract and don't think the ECB can quash... Paul Nixon http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Nixon&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHkm-_8il7xJCEff0S-ImpgKr1Pew CricInfo.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/372125.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE7_JmSjDLUI2I-jGCFlvD7Iz2hdQ Oct 2, 2008 79537 107190 quasi-religious Educators seem to think that money has some sort of quasi-religious or cult-like taint to it, believing that the love of money is the root of all evil. As most of us know, it is not the love of money that is evil. It is the lack of money that...

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