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remove the legal force of something; or render something ineffective — especially an argument- And as instantly deciding that he, Clyde's spiritual adviser, must not in any way be invalidated in his spiritual worth to Clyde.Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy
- His deeds invalidate all the contracts.Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere -- Tartuffe
- These contracts may not involve direct fraud or deceit sufficient to invalidate them in a court of law.Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers — Modern English Edition 2
- Both kinds demand that you invalidate your own consciousness and surrender yourself into their power.Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
- This mistake, he wanted to make certain, should not invalidate what occurred on October 5 and the corroborating evidence of Officer Clapper.Alice Sebold -- Lucky
- An invalid, one who has been invalidated.Margaret Atwood -- The Handmaid's Tale
- The ruling invalidated Walter's conviction and death sentence.Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
- If you shorten the intervals, you invalidate the inspections.Andy Weir -- The Martian
- It completely invalidates Vacher's theories and means that Ladin was actually a genius.Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
- Thomas winced; Frypan had gone too far with that recommendation, almost invalidating his well-stated opinion of the whole mess.James Dashner -- The Maze Runner
- Your estimate of the papa's sensibilities is a good reason until it is invalidated.Henry James -- The American
- I catch myself questioning whether that weekend even happened at all, or if it was just another invalidated memory of mine that may not even be real.Colleen Hoover -- Hopeless
- Without invalidating anything that we have just said, we believe that a perpetual memory of the tomb is proper for the living.Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
- That is, we are so persuaded of the rightness of our judgment as to invalidate evidence that does not confirm us in it.William P. Young -- The Shack
- Some of these are worth pointing out, not because they invalidate his main charge but because they are, so to speak, evidence of malice.George Orwell -- Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool
- To do so invalidates this contract.Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
- One piece of really good news is this: All of yesterday's evaluations have been invalidated.Lauren Oliver -- Delirium
- It doesn't invalidate the thought.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
- As a result, much of the expanse and variety of the human condition is belittled or invalidated.Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
- Dear Madam, The document you enclose is quite in order, and the fact of the marriage having taken place in a foreign country does not invalidate it in any way.Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
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