Void

Today's youth's brains are sucked void of common sense.

I'll get me to a place more void.

And the earth was without forme, and voyd, and darkeneſſe was vpon the face of the deepe: and the Spirit of God mooued vpon the face of the waters.

c. 1619–22, Philip Massinger and John Fletcher, A Very Woman I'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours, / I may run over the story of his country.

divers great offices that had been long void

Suppoſe they be in number infinit, Yet being voyd of Martiall diſcipline, All running headlong after greedie ſpoiles: […] Their careleſſe ſwords ſhal lanch their fellows throats And make vs triumph in their ouerthrow.

He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor.

I envy not in any moods ⁠The captive void of noble rage, ⁠The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods: […]

[My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please.

I will make void the counsel of Judah.

null and void

Taiwan's government says that as the island has never been ruled by the People's Republic of China, its sovereignty claims are void.

And senseless words she gave, and sounding strain, / But senseless, lifeless! idol void and vain!

In particular, the roll method is void — it has no return value.

The return value can safely be ignored if it is a void function.

Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.

Pride, where Wit fails, steps in to our defence, / And fills up all the mighty void of Sense.

My little void is so sweet sometimes.

From the logistics hub, the spoil will be taken by rail to Barrington in Cambridgeshire, Cliffe in Kent, and Rugby in Warwickshire. It will be used to fill voids at these locations which will then be used for housing developments.

A hidden void caused by a partially buried pipe being damaged by a tamper during routine maintenance led to the derailment of a passenger train. […] The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) reported that a "large void" was found in the embankment, but had remained hidden until the train travelled over it.

Near-synonym: nullify

He voided the check and returned it.

Opening this subassembly will void the warranty; there are no user-serviceable parts inside it.

It was become a practice[…]to void the security that was at any time given for money so borrowed.

after they had voided the obligation of the oath he had taken

void one’s bladder

void one’s bowels

to void excrement

You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur

With shovel, like a fury, voided out / The earth and scattered bones.

a watchful application of mind in voiding prejudices

BY than come in to the feld kynge Ban as fyers as a lyon[…]/ Ha a said kyng Lot we must be discomfyte / for yonder I see the moste valyaunt knyght of the world / and the man of the most renoume / for suche ij bretheren as is kyng Ban & kyng bors ar not lyuynge / wherfore we must nedes voyde or deye

to void a table

If they will fight with us, bid them come down, / Or void the field.

Late on the final evening, as the customary ‘void’ – spiced wine and sweetmeats – was served, more elaborate disguisings in the great hall culminated in the release of a flock of white doves.