ETYM Cf. French pan skirt, lappet, Latin pannus a cloth, rag, w. panu to fur, to full.
1. To express a totally negative opinion of; SYN. tear apart, trash.
2. To make a sweeping movement.
3. To wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals; SYN. pan out, pan off.

1. To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.
2. To make void or of no effect; to nullify; to abolish; to do away with; -- used appropriately of laws, decrees, edicts, decisions of courts, or other established rules and the like, which are made void by component authority.
3. Cancel; invalidate; destroy.