While men might feel an economic pinch post-divorce, especially when they must pay child support or alimony on top of their own living expenses, the Utah State University Cooperative Extension indicates that as many as one out of every five divorced women actually falls below the poverty level following a divorce.
invalidate If administrators find out that students cheated on a test, the school might invalidate their class grades. To invalidate means to cancel something or make it void, as if it never happened. In invalidate you see the word valid which means true or correct. When you invalidate something you are making it less true, less official, or less correct. If you buy something that doesn't work properly and then try to fix it yourself, you invalidate the warranty.
cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; Cancel the election results; strike down a law strike down countermand, repeal, rescind, revoke, annul, vacate, reverse, overturn, lift - cancel officially; He revoked the ban on smoking; lift an embargo; vacate a death sentence