- void of something (formal) completely without something synonym devoid
- The sky was void of stars.
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- (law) (of a contract, an agreement etc.) not correct or legally valid
- The agreement was declared void.
- an impediment which rendered the marriage void
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- make something
- …
- null and void
- (formal) empty
- void spaces
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘unoccupied’): from a dialect variant of Old French vuide; related to Latin vacare ‘vacate’; the verb partly a shortening of avoid, reinforced by Old French voider.
Idioms
See void in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee void in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishnull and void
- (law) (of an election, agreement, etc.) having no legal force; not valid
- The contract was declared null and void.
- They declared the agreement null and void.
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