Void and Kill

noun

• The state of nonexistence.
  • synonyms: nothingness, nullity, nihility
• An empty area or space.
  • usage: "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"
  • synonyms: vacancy, emptiness, vacuum

verb

• Declare invalid.
  • usage: "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
  • synonyms: invalidate, annul, quash, avoid, nullify
• Clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle. of something)
  • usage: "The chemist voided the glass bottle"; "The concert hall was voided of the audience"
• Take away the legal force of or render ineffective.
  • usage: "invalidate a contract"
  • synonyms: invalidate, vitiate
• Excrete or discharge from the body.
  • synonyms: evacuate, empty

adjective

• Lacking any legal or binding force.
  • usage: "null and void"
  • synonyms: null
• Containing nothing.
  • usage: "the earth was without form, and void"

• (a.) Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.
• (a.) Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
• (a.) Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2.
• (a.) Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning or of common use.
• (n.) An empty space; a vacuum.
• (a.) To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify.
• (a.) Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
• (a.) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table.
• (v.i.) To be emitted or evacuated.
• (a.) To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements.
• (a.) Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

Having no legal force or binding effect; a nullity; not enforceable. A' void' agreement is no contract at all. A void contract need not be disaffirmed, nor can it be ratified. A contract for an illegal purpose (for example, gambling) is void. A voidable contract is one that is able to be voided. Voidable implies a valid act that may be rejected by an act of disaffirmance, rather than an invalid act that may be confirmed. For example, if a minor contracts to buy a diamond ring, the contract can be voided by the minor because of lack of sufficient age. If, however, the minor elects to enforce the contract, the contract is valid and the other party cannot assert the minor's lack of age as a defense.

noun

• The act of terminating a life.
  • synonyms: killing, putting to death
• The destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile.
  • usage: "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"

verb

• Cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly.
  • usage: "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
• Thwart the passage of.
  • usage: "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
  • synonyms: shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
• End or extinguish by forceful means.
  • usage: "Stamp out poverty"
  • synonyms: stamp out
• Be fatal.
  • usage: "cigarettes kill"; "drunken driving kills"
• Be the source of great pain for.
  • usage: "These new shoes are killing me"
• Overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration.
  • usage: "The comedian was so funny, he was killing me"
• Hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games.
  • usage: "She killed the ball"
• Hit with great force.
  • usage: "He killed the ball"
• Deprive of life.
  • usage: "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"
• Cause the death of, without intention.
  • usage: "She was killed in the collision of three cars"
• Drink down entirely.
  • usage: "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
  • synonyms: toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down
• Mark for deletion, rub off, or erase.
  • usage: "kill these lines in the President's speech"
  • synonyms: obliterate, wipe out
• Tire out completely.
  • usage: "The daily stress of her work is killing her"
• Cause to cease operating.
  • usage: "kill the engine"
• Destroy a vitally essential quality of or in.
  • usage: "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"

• (v.t.) To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind.
• (n.) A kiln.
• (v.t.) To destroy the effect of; to counteract; to neutralize; as, alkali kills acid.
• (v.t.) To destroy; to ruin; as, to kill one's chances; to kill the sale of a book.
• (n.) A channel or arm of the sea; a river; a stream; as, the channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill van Kull or the Kills; -- used also in composition; as, Schuylkill, Catskill, etc.
• (v.t.) To deprive of life, animal or vegetable, in any manner or by any means; to render inanimate; to put to death; to slay.
• (n.) The act of killing.
• (n.) An animal killed in the hunt, as by a beast of prey.