canceling

verb

variants or cancelling
present participle of cancel
1
as in abandoning
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) please call to cancel your appointment with the dentist if you can't make it

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2
as in abolishing
to put an end to by formal action the agreement can be canceled by either side with a formal written notice

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3
as in deleting
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it canceled the check and wrote a new one

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4
as in erasing
to destroy all traces of it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order

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Recent Examples of canceling Hurricane Lala disrupted travel between Los Angeles and Hawaii on Saturday, canceling flights from LAX to destinations across the islands as the Category 1 storm approached the Big Island. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026 Saving Parini the bother of canceling the interview, Borges gamely offers to join him on a road trip to Orkney. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026 Somewhere deep, there's a sense of acceptance that life-threatening, trip-canceling heat waves and their rippling effects aren't a one-off fluke. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 Sony Headphones Deal Weighing just 192 grams, the Sony WH-CH720N is Sony's lightest overhead wireless noise-canceling headband, tailored specifically for fatigue-free, all-day wearing comfort. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026 Gottlieb later thanked The Venue on Facebook for canceling the event. — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026 Some users have even reported cancelling subscriptions over this policy. — Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026 Rod Stewart is canceling his upcoming shows, including a Las Vegas residency, to recover from a medical procedure. — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 Noise-canceling earbuds Noise-canceling earbuds allow high schoolers to immerse themselves in remote learning. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canceling
  1. abandoning
  2. abolishing
  3. deleting
  4. erasing
  5. revoking
  6. repealing
  7. eradicating
  8. aborting
Verb
  • August 23 – September 22 Creating a budget does not mean abandoning joy.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Virgo August 23 – September 22 Creating a budget does not mean abandoning joy.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of abandoning
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  • Some members sought to amend the resolution to call for reforming ICE rather than abolishing it.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Some of Hong’s past comments, including calling for the cancellation of Thanksgiving and abolishing the police, have garnered scrutiny in recent days.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of abolishing
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  • Last month, a judge blocked Iron Mountain from deleting or modifying the data.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Tome is also accused of intentionally deleting digital evidences, police said.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of deleting
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  • Triodos Bank warns the extreme weather could reduce EU GDP by approximately €180 billion, effectively erasing forecast growth.
    — Jamie Hailstone, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Pride in place and purpose really does mean something, and erasing Anaheim from the name diminishes not only my community, but what this fan base stands for.
    — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of erasing
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  • With the approval, Starfish can operate for two years, but city staff said there is also a formal process for revoking its special use permit, if persistent problems arise.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
  • By the end of 2017, the subsidiary paid $20 million to Rivera’s company, Interamerican Consulting, before revoking the contract.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of revoking
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  • Tiffany has called for repealing the state tax incentive for data centers, while Crowley has not.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • New analysis recommends strengthening the regulations A new policy analysis by ecologists and forest management experts examined the potential local and large-scale impacts of repealing the Roadless Rule.
    — Dan Peck, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of repealing
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  • Tlaib is also a prominent critic of Israel; her rhetoric has been chastised by Jewish colleagues as an antisemitic call for eradicating Jews, a charge the congresswoman and her supporters reject.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
  • That method, called Sterile Insect Technique, was originally successful in eradicating flies from the United States and Central America and pushing the screwworm population back beyond the Darién Gap at the border of Panama and Colombia.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of eradicating
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  • After aborting a Starship test flight last week, SpaceX plans to try again this Thursday evening.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, Antonelli made the mistake of aborting his lap, thinking there were double yellow flags.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 1 July 2026
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