Quash

v. t. [imp. & p. p. QUASHED (kwōsht); p. pr. & vb. n. QUASHING.] [O. Fr. quasser, N. Fr. casser, Pr. casser, from Lat. quassare, to shake, shatter, shiver, verb intensive from quatere, quassum, to shake, shatter.] 1. To beat down or beat in pieces; to crush. The whales, Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels quashed. Waller. 2. Hence, to crush; to subdue; to put down summarily and completely; to extinguish suddenly and entirely; as, to quash a rebellion. Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief. Barrow. 3. [O. Fr. quasser, N. Fr. casser, from Lat. cassare, to annihilate, annul, from cassus, empty, vain.] (Law.) To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment. Blackstone.

v. i. To be shaken with a noise. Sharp.