invalidate

• Verbo usado para indicar a ação de tornar algo sem validade, nulo ou sem efeito, frequentemente em contextos jurídicos, técnicos ou lógicos; também pode significar refutar ou desmentir um argumento, prova ou resultado.

A verb used to indicate the act of making something invalid, null, or void, often in a legal, technical, or logical context.

1. Make legally voidB2formal

   To make something officially null or no longer legally valid.

   Anular

   • The court invalidated the contract due to fraud.
   • A missing signature can invalidate the entire document.
   • The new law invalidates all previous agreements.

   Sinônimosabrogateannulcancelnullifyquashrepealrescindrevokevoid

   Antônimosconfirmratifyvalidate

2. Disprove or refuteC1formal

   To prove that an argument, theory, or statement is false or incorrect.

   Refutar

   • The new evidence invalidates the earlier hypothesis.
   • His experiment invalidated the widely accepted theory.
   • The data invalidates the claim that the drug is safe.

   Sinônimosconfutecontradictdebunkdiscreditdisprovenegateoverturnquashrebutrefute

   Antônimosbackconfirmcorroborateprovesubstantiatesupportupholdvalidateverify