What's the difference between nullify and void?

Nullify


Definition:

  • (a.) To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But Di Matteo has made bold selections before, not least when he asked Ramires to play on the left of midfield against Barcelona in an attempt to nullify the threat posed by the marauding Daniel Alves down the flank.
  • (2) The case, which highlighted the ultimate power of commanders as "convening authorities" to nullify a conviction by a military jury, became a focus of last month's Senate hearing on military sexual assault .
  • (3) The protective effects of NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester were nullified by adding an excess of L-arginine to the pump circuit, suggesting that the L-arginine-NO pathway is involved in myocardial reoxygenation injury.
  • (4) This is a further fact to nullify the theory of the paraganglionic origin of alveolar soft part sarcoma, but the question of the histogenesis of the tumor still remains open.
  • (5) Genetic abnormalities that give rise to malignancy in these leukaemic cells can be bypassed and their effects nullified by inducing differentiation, which stops cells from multiplying.
  • (6) The in vivo anti-tumor activity of spleen cells of mice in regression was nullified by treatment with anti-Thy 1 and anti-Lyt 1 plus C, but not anti-Lyt 2 plus C. These results indicate that CY administration results in only a transient decrease of tumor cell number and that an induction of Lyt 1 +, Lyt 2 + T cells in the peritoneal cavity and Lyt 1 + T cells in spleen may be responsible for a complete disappearance of tumor cells.
  • (7) Civil libertarians contend that legal restrictions preventing the government from intentionally targeting an American using surveillance tools for uncovering foreign intelligence information are nullified if the government can collect vast swaths of data and maintain unrestricted leeway to search through it.
  • (8) The only way to nullify that is to turn the television off.
  • (9) This scenario would in effect nullify an internationally agreed goal to keep the increase in average global temperatures below 2C from pre-industrial levels.
  • (10) The medico-legal expertise having having concluded to non-paternity because of a marked dissimilarity between the Y chromosomes, the Paris Court of law accepted these conclusions and gave a sentence nullifying a previous paternity recognition.
  • (11) I’d like to see the next president turn around and just nullify it on behalf of the United States,” Kerry said.
  • (12) This infrequent complication, which may result from a conflict of force vectors at the hip joint during lengthening, can, when left untreated, nullify the benefits of such a procedure.
  • (13) Come the bell, the upstart nervelessly played it cool, almost a laughingly gay matador, his speed of hand and foot totally nullifying Liston’s wicked jab, the key to his armoury.
  • (14) The increase in deltaP and a numerical decrease in piA both acted to maintain sngfr after AGBM Ab and effectively nullified the influence of decreased rpf upon sngfr.
  • (15) The NA-induced hyperpolarization was nullified at -89 to -92 mV of membrane potentials (n = 3).
  • (16) The initial difference of 24 h was not nullified, but decreased to 8 h. This difference allowed transferred foetuses to pass the period of maximum sensitivity before salicylate treatment.
  • (17) When the same dose of insulin was infused with the antiserum to human IGF-I, the growth response was completely nullified.
  • (18) Anti PL-V Ig (antibodies to a toxic phospholipase A2 VRV PL-V of V. russelli venom) nullifies the toxicity of whole V. russelli venom to a great extent.
  • (19) We nullified Bolasie, frustrated Zaha and haven’t allowed Palace to create any clear-cut chances.
  • (20) The functions of these 'successful defence' manoeuvres are to obviate any feelings of an awareness of envy, although they may be overtly envious attacks within themselves, secondly they nullify any awareness of dependence, and also nullify awareness of need and illness, and thirdly they maintain the narcissistic organization by producing a successful identificate.

Void


Definition:

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

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Stimulation with these electrodes were effective for inducing voiding with little residual volume after the recovery of bladder reflexes, 3 weeks after experimental spinal cord injury in the dog.
  • (2) The Lex antigen was present in the void volume fraction of the majority (85%) of sera from adenocarcinoma patients.
  • (3) To facilitate detoxification, the centrifuge is employed to provide plasma rich in toxins, but void of potentially interfering blood components such as platelets and whole blood cells.
  • (4) The acquisition of dryness is accelerated by eradication of bacteriuria and a sympathetic and energetic management regime, which should place responsibility on the child and result in the child voiding more frequently and completely.
  • (5) Excretory urogram revealed bilateral hydronephrosis and voiding cystogram revealed VUR on left ureter.
  • (6) Primary invasive adenocarcinoma of the bladder was diagnosed in a fifty-two-year-old male with a two-month history of irritative voiding symptoms.
  • (7) Residual urine volume and urine voiding efficiency are also calculated.
  • (8) During unstable detrusor contractions, which even in these healthy women are observed during bladder filling and also during inhibited voidings through the urethra, the contraction is weaker.
  • (9) Some of this LPS-associated polysaccharide eluted as the void volume of a G-100 column but differed from PS by its lack of galactose and arabinose.
  • (10) Cytological examination of voided urine is an established investigation in urological practice.
  • (11) At 12 months TURP had also improved micturition time and voided volume, which TUI had not.
  • (12) Chlamydia trachomatis was detected from first-voided urine sediments of 97 male patients with urethritis by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
  • (13) SEM of the resulting surface showed rounded fragments of enamel rods, enamel melting, cracks, and smooth-edged voids.
  • (14) By 16 weeks, fibrocartilage had filled the void in the curetted disc spaces.
  • (15) Both the void volume protein peak and the procoagulant activity peak from the 0.25 M calcium chloride-agarose gel column support ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation.
  • (16) It is concluded that imaging of the urinary tract is not necessary for pure nightwetters, while ultrasonography or uroflowmetry and more sophisticated radiological or urological methods should be focused on those children with daytime wetting and clinical symptoms of voiding disturbances.
  • (17) Cation exchange chromatography on carboxymethylcellulose-Sephadex with a starting buffer of pH 5 containing 2 mM CHAPS plus 20 mM beta-OG, followed by a pH 8 buffer, showed a very small OD peak at the void volume (P) and a second peak with about 95% of the protein (E).
  • (18) The one peak which was common to both sera appeared with the void volume and was identified as albumin.
  • (19) The first peak eluted at the void volume containing lipoproteins, alpha 2- and beta 2-macroglobulins, and the second peak at the fraction of albumin.
  • (20) Oxendolone + bunazosin tended to show a better clinical efficacy than the other of these regimens, when the improvement was defined as that with more than one degree in the severity of retarded voiding, prolonged voiding, urinary stream condition, abdominal pressure on voiding and residual urine sensation.