Quash

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.

II. Quash ·noun ·same·as Squash.

III. Quash ·vt To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to Crush.

IV. Quash ·vt To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an Indictment.

V. Quash ·vt To Crush; to Subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion.