annulled
v. C1 Advanced US //ˈænəɫd// UK //ɐnˈʌld// an·nulled
v. to officially cancel a legal document or a marriage so that it is no longer valid. You use this when a court or a government decides that something should not have happened in the first place.
v. to declare a legal document, such as a marriage or a contract, invalid or null. Often used in the passive voice to describe the legal status of a relationship or agreement.
The court annulled the marriage because of fraud.
After the discovery of the forged signatures, the judge ordered the contract to be annulled immediately.
The annulment of the treaty effectively ended decades of diplomatic cooperation, forcing both nations to renegotiate their trade agreements from scratch.