Allow and Quash

Allow

Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.

Quash is an antonym for allow.

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Quash

Quash verb - To put an end to by formal action.
Usage example: attorneys asked the court to quash the indictment

Allow is an antonym for quash in topics: destroy, nullify.

Nearby Word: quashing

Common collocations

movement allow movement quash movement
possibility allow possibility quash possibility

Both words in one sentence

  • The Evil Prince Tsukuyomi from Mugen Densetsu Takamagahara Dream Saga refuses to allow Amaterasu to awaken because her current incarnation, his sister, would quash his pollution-and-repression-happy regime in an instant.
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