repealed

VERB

declare null and void

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abolish abrogate annul cancel dismantle invalidate lift nullify rescind reverse revoke set aside void wipe out withdraw

STRONG

KO backpedal blow countermand kill nix recall renege scrub vacate zap

WEAK

X-out back out call off opt out shoot down stand down throw over wash out weasel out worm out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

allow approve build enforce establish institute keep legalize permit ratify sanction support uphold validate

WEAK

enact pass

Example Sentences

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repealed

Arkansas, Montana and South Carolina voluntarily repealed racial quotas for public bodies after lawsuits based on the Equal Protection Clause.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Because the GPO has been repealed, your wife’s teacher pension will no longer reduce or eliminate her spousal benefit.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

So many states had repealed so many firearm regulations that the District of Columbia’s stringent handgun ban looked like a true outlier.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

The charter amendment ballot measure approved Tuesday would avoid that result and restore the inadvertently repealed funding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

To the relief of many Americans, including the Coast Guard, Prohibition had been repealed a few months before.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield