invalidate

🇺🇸 /ɪnˈvælɪdeɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ɪnˈvælɪdeɪt/
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verb
R

To show that something is not correct or true.

The new information invalidates the old theory.

R

To make something like a document or agreement no longer acceptable or valid according to the law.

Fraud can invalidate a contract.

translation

v. To show that something is not correct or true.; To make something like a document or agreement no longer acceptable or valid according to the law.

Word Forms

3rd Present invalidates
Past invalidated
Perfect invalidated
Progressive invalidating