bring+to+naught
71fordón — adj corrupt, wicked, abandoned; past part of fordón irreg v/t to undo, bring to naught, ruin, destroy; abolish; kill; corrupt, seduce, defile; past participle fordón corrupt, wicked, abandoned …
72wiþsléan — sv/t6 3rd pres wiþsliehþ past wiþslóg/on ptp wiþslagen to oppose, bring to naught …
73confute — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. disprove, defeat, overwhelm, overcome, silence, expose, bring to naught, rebut, controvert, parry, negate, vanquish, demolish, invalidate, answer conclusively, overturn, prove to be wrong, set aside, overcome in debate,… …
74blight — I. n. Pestilence (among plants), mildew, blast, withering. II. v. a. 1. Blast, wither, shrivel, kill, destroy, taint with mildew, cause to decay. 2. Disappoint, frustrate, blast, destroy, crush, annihilate, annul, bring to naught …
75sink — 1. verb 1) the coffin sank below the waves Syn: become submerged, be engulfed, go down, drop, fall, descend Ant: float, rise 2) the cruise liner sank yesterday Syn …
76spoil — verb 1) too much sun spoils the complexion Syn: mar, damage, impair, blemish, disfigure, blight, flaw, deface, scar, injure, harm; ruin, destroy, wreck; be a blot on the landscape Ant …
77confute — v disprove, refute, rebut, invalidate, bring to naught; expose, show up, explode, scatter to the winds, discredit; belie, contradict, confound, controvert, gainsay, dispute; overthrow, subvert, overcome, defeat, upset, get the better of; squelch …
78dash — v 1. smash, shatter, crash, Brit. Dial. pash; strike, break, split, cleave, rive, rend; shiver, fragment, splinter, crack, split, snap; crush, destroy; beat, batter, slam, ram, hit, smite. 2. throw, hurl, catapult; fling, cast, sling, shy, pitch; …
79confute — con•fute [[t]kənˈfyut[/t]] v. t. fut•ed, fut•ing 1) to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument[/ex] 2) to prove (a person) to be wrong by argument or proof 3) Obs. to bring to naught; confound • Etymology:… …
80confute — /kənˈfjut / (say kuhn fyooht) verb (t) (confuted, confuting) 1. to prove to be false or defective; disprove: to confute an argument. 2. to prove to be wrong; convict of error by argument or proof: to confute one s opponent. 3. to confound or… …
