cancel
Pull the plug
Cancel means to call off or revoke something previously arranged or agreed upon: cancel a reservation, cancel a subscription, cancel the meeting.
To cancel a debt is to void it.
In math, terms cancel when they offset each other.
The contemporary slang sense means to publicly reject a person—usually a celebrity—for objectionable behavior, withdrawing support and attention: They tried to cancel him after the tweets surfaced.
Make of no effect
- invalidateMake null or void
- voidWithout legal effect
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
- annulDeclare legally void
abrogate · quash · countermand · overturn · repeal · revoke · negate · set aside
Remove or erase
- eraseRemove recorded marks
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- cross outEliminate by marking
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
obliterate · efface · scratch · wipe · eliminate · excise · redact · blot out
Bring to an end
- haltComplete sudden stop
- stopCease all motion
- discontinueTo stop doing
- ceaseTo discontinue activity
suspend · abandon · scrub · call off · pull the plug · kill · end · axe
Solid mass, or impede
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
- overruleReject by higher authority
- disallowRefuse to permit
- prohibitFormally disallow
refuse · deny · turn down · shoot down · forbid · decline · disapprove · ban
Cancel an effect
- counteractNullify by opposing force
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- counterbalanceOffsetting force or weight
- negateCancel or disprove
compensate · equalize · zero out · even out · nullify · square · balance out · countervail
nullify
Make of no effect
- invalidateMake null or void
- voidWithout legal effect
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
annul · abrogate · quash · countermand · overturn · repeal · revoke · negate · set aside · abolish
delete
Remove or erase
expunge · obliterate · efface · scratch · wipe · eliminate · excise · redact · blot out · rub out
terminate
Bring to an end
- haltComplete sudden stop
- stopCease all motion
- discontinueTo stop doing
cease · suspend · abandon · scrub · call off · pull the plug · kill · end · axe · drop
block
Solid mass, or impede
prohibit · refuse · deny · turn down · shoot down · forbid · decline · disapprove · ban · bar
neutralize
Cancel an effect
- counteractNullify by opposing force
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- counterbalanceOffsetting force or weight
negate · compensate · equalize · zero out · even out · nullify · square · balance out · countervail · make up for
retract
Withdraw something said
renege · walk back · reverse · back out · pull out · retreat · disengage · abandon · bow out · opt out
defer
Delay or submit
- delayEnforced waiting period
- rescheduleAssign a different time
- adjournTemporarily halt proceedings
hold · stay · pause · put off · table · suspend · rain check · push back · freeze · put on hold
- button labelssubmit, save, delete, edit, confirm
- booking actionsreserve, book, confirm, reschedule, modify
- calendar actionsschedule, reschedule, book, confirm, remind
- cancelannul, nullify, invalidate, revoke, repeal
- commandsgo, stop, wait, come, run
- counteractneutralize, offset, counterbalance, negate, nullify
- cancel outNeutralize by opposing force
- canceling outOpposing effects becoming void
- cancelled outNeutralized by opposition
- canceled outNegated by opposing force
- noise cancelingEliminates unwanted ambient audio
- canceling plansWithdrawing from commitments
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