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cancel
noun
verb
A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
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noun
A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
verb
Make invalid for use
“Cancel cheques or tickets”
verb
Remove or make invisible
“Please delete my name from your list”
verb
Declare null and void; make ineffective
“Cancel the election results”
verb
Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
“Call off the engagement”
verb
Make up for
“His skills offset his opponent's superior strength”
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Cancel cheques or tickets
Please delete my name from your list
Cancel the election results
Strike down a law
Call off the engagement
Cancel the dinner party
We had to scrub our vacation plans
Scratch that meeting — the chair is ill
His skills offset his opponent's superior strength
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