abrogates
Officially strikes down
Abrogates means formally abolishes or annuls, typically referring to laws, treaties, or agreements: The new administration abrogated the treaty.
The word carries official weight—individuals don't abrogate personal arrangements, but governments abrogate constitutions.
To abrogate a responsibility is to abandon it, usually wrongly.
Formally annuls laws
- rescindsOfficially cancels or withdraws
- revokesFormally cancels or withdraws
- invalidatesMakes no longer binding
- annulsDeclares legally invalid
voids · nullifies · overturns · quashes · abolishes · countermands · vacates · vitiates
Brings to an end
- discontinuesStops doing or making
- withdrawsPulls out or removes
- retractsWithdraws a statement
- suspendsHalts temporarily or hangs
ends · halts · stops · ceases · extinguishes · eliminates · eradicates · obliterates
Seizes authority illegally
- subvertsWeakens or overthrows
- underminesWeakens by stealth
- overrulesNullifies by authority
- delegitimizesRemoves perceived rightfulness
disempowers · strips · overthrows · deposes · displaces · negates · repudiates · disavows
repeals
Formally annuls laws
- rescindsOfficially cancels or withdraws
- revokesFormally cancels or withdraws
- invalidatesMakes no longer binding
annuls · voids · nullifies · overturns · quashes · abolishes · countermands · vacates · vitiates · supersedes
terminates
Brings to an end
- discontinuesStops doing or making
- withdrawsPulls out or removes
- retractsWithdraws a statement
suspends · ends · halts · stops · ceases · extinguishes · eliminates · eradicates · obliterates · expunges
usurps
Seizes authority illegally
- subvertsWeakens or overthrows
- underminesWeakens by stealth
- overrulesNullifies by authority
delegitimizes · disempowers · strips · overthrows · deposes · displaces · negates · repudiates · disavows · renounces
abrogatesestablishes
Creates or sets up
institutes · enacts · ratifies · legislates · ordains