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

If a few countries abrogate the Non-Proliferation Treaty, others will follow suit.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 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

In 1878 she induced Austria to abrogate her part in the treaty of Vienna of October 30, 1864.

From Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning by Egan, Maurice Francis