abrogated

verb

past tense of abrogate
as in abolished
to put an end to by formal action the U.S. Congress can abrogate old treaties that are unfair to Native Americans

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Recent Examples of abrogated The Agreement has never been abrogated by Congress, nor has Congress expressed an explicit intent to do so. — Shaun Chapoose, Denver Post, 20 May 2026 Short of that, perhaps internal resistance within the administration or pressure from the public and the media might serve the oversight function that Congress, over the past eight months, has abrogated. — Douglas M. Charles, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abrogated
  1. abolished
  2. repealed
  3. canceled
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  • Fortunately, Gorbachev would drop his objections to SDI in time for both men to sign a landmark treaty in 1987 that abolished all intermediate range nuclear arms in Europe and made the entire world safer.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026
  • About three-quarters of the world’s nations have abolished the death penalty in law or practice.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of abolished
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  • If the rule is repealed as proposed, those prohibitions will go away.
    — Dan Peck, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • However, the laws were ultimately repealed after being met with massive agitations from farmers and farmer unions, especially from Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of repealed
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  • That trial is scheduled to begin next month, but could be pushed back or canceled altogether depending on what the judge decides.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Abdiel also said he was told his commercial driver’s license would be canceled.
    — Maria Santana, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of canceled

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