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n. lack of cards in a suit

n. an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"

nothingness, void, nullity

n. the state of nonexistence

become

v. come into existence; "What becomes has duration"

suit, become

v. enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"

turn, become, turn into, turn to

v. undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"

empty, void, eliminate, evacuate

v. eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

void, invalidate, vitiate, make invalid

v. take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract"

go, get, become, come, come out

v. enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"

void, invalidate, nullify, annul, avoid, quash

v. declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"

void

adj. containing nothing; "the earth was without form, and void"

void, nugatory, null

adj. lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void"

abyss, abysm

n. a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

gulf

n. a deep wide chasm

hole

n. an opening into or through something

vacuum, vacuity

n. a region that is devoid of matter

enhance

v. make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

flatter, blandish

v. praise somewhat dishonestly

fit, make fit

v. make fit; "fit a dress"; "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out"

augment

v. enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"

reinforce, reenforce, re-enforce

v. make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete"

strengthen, fortify, beef up

v. make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

invalidate, nullify

v. show to be invalid

cancel, invalidate

v. make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets"

overturn, lift, repeal, reverse, revoke, annul, countermand, rescind

v. annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

void, invalidate, nullify, annul, avoid, quash

v. declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"

cave, undermine

v. hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks"

undercut

v. cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall

void, invalidate, vitiate, make invalid

v. take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract"

invalidate, nullify

v. show to be invalid

cancel, invalidate

v. make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets"

overturn, lift, repeal, reverse, revoke, annul, countermand, rescind

v. annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

get rid of, abolish

v. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

abrogate, revoke formally

v. revoke formally

veto, interdict, forbid, prohibit, proscribe, disallow

v. command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"

reject, disapprove, refuse to approve

v. deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"

inoperative

adj. not operating; "an inoperative law"

worthless

adj. lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler"

turn, change state

v. undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

swim, master, subdue, get over, overcome, surmount

v. get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"

advance, gain, win, get ahead, make headway, gain ground

v. obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"

bare, stripped

adj. having everything extraneous removed including contents; "the bare walls"; "the cupboard was bare"

barren of, devoid of, innocent of, destitute of, void of, empty of

adj. completely wanting or lacking: "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "a novel devoid of wit and inventiveness"; "a life empty of happiness"; "innocent of literary merit"; "void of understanding"

bereft of, deprived of

adj. having had something taken away: "bereft of their dignity"

blank

adj. (of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins"

drained

adj. emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid); "a drained marsh"; "a drained tank"; "a drained and apathetic old man...not caring any longer about anything"

emptied

adj. (empty)

empty-handed

adj. carrying nothing in the hands

glassy, glazed

adj. (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; "empty eyes"; "a glassy stare"; "his eyes were glazed over with boredom"

pillaged, looted, plundered, ransacked

adj. wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village"

unoccupied, unfilled, vacant

adj. without an occupant or incumbent; "the throne is never vacant"

vacant

adj. void of thought or knowledge; "a vacant mind"

bad, uncollectible

adj. not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"

unsound, fallacious

adj. containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning"; "an unsound argument"

invalidated, nullified

adj. deprived of legal force

specious, sophistic, sophistical

adj. plausible but misleading

validate, make valid

v. make valid or confirm the validity of; "validate a ticket"

drop off, lose, fall back, recede, fall behind

v. retreat

regress, retrogress, retrograde, undergo regress

v. get worse or fall back to a previous condition

better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate, become better

v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

validate, formalize, declare valid

v. declare or make legally valid

pass, clear, authorize, authorise, permit officially

v. grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"

sign, ratify

v. approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation; "All parties ratified the peace treaty"; "Have you signed your contract yet?"

valid

adj. well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force; "a valid inference"; "a valid argument"; "a valid contract"; "a valid license"

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