quash (verb)-to nullify especially by judicial action.
"A federal judge Friday quashed
the subpoena for a reporter who wrote about the early termination of
clinical trial for an Amgen drug because the company had not exhausted
other possible ways to get the information." — Bartholomew Sullivan, The Ventura County (California) Star, 21 Aug. 2015
"The commission's rules require five affirmative votes to trigger a judicial review, or four opposing votes to quash the petition." — Tony Briscoe, The Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2015
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annus mirabilis (noun)-a remarkable or notable new year.
"It has been an annus mirabilis for the college: the new
dormitories were completed and we have increased enrollment to fill
those buildings," announced the president.
"If he wins the tournament today, for the fourth year in a row, he will
have claimed 11 titles in the season, which would beat his haul from
his annus mirabilis of 2011." — Paul Newman, The Independent (London), 22 Nov. 2015
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