Quash /(?)/

1. Same as Squash.

imp. & p. p. Quashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Quashing

1. To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment. (Law)

1. To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush.

   The whales Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed, Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed.

2. To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion.

   Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief.

1. To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.