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void
Adjective
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If something is void, it is not valid.
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If something is void, it is empty.
void
Noun
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A void is an empty space.
void
Verb
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If you void something, you make it invalid or worthless.
He voided the cheque and returned it.
swelling
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noun
an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
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noun
(= intumescence)
the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
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noun
(= bulge, hump, prominence, protuberance, excrescence)
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
the hump of a camel
he stood on the rocky prominence
the occipital protuberance was well developed
the bony excrescence between its horns