abrogate

Example Sentences

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Did the attorney general really abrogate his duty to supervise Mr. Smith’s work?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

While there was pressure to abrogate the Indus Waters Treaty - a key river water sharing agreement - India opted instead to withhold any data beyond treaty obligations, Mr Bisaria writes.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

Duterte took steps, which he later withdrew, to abrogate a key security agreement with the U.S. that allowed large numbers of American forces to enter the Philippines for combat exercises.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 29, 2023

Similarly, states cannot use a compact to abrogate valid national measures.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2020

Clearly not; for we are speaking now of rights under the laws of nations, and a mere municipal order cannot abrogate these.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael