Overturn vs Annul - What's the difference?
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To turn over, capsize or upset (something)
To overthrow or destroy something
(legal) To reverse a decision; to overrule or rescind
To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to comeback from.
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To formally revoke the validity of.
To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.
Annul is a synonym of overturn.
As verbs the difference between overturn and annul
is that overturn is to turn over, capsize or upset (something while annul is to formally revoke the validity of.overturn
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(en verb)citation, page= , passage=Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's departure }}