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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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Example Sentences
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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