repealed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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In fact, open cracks even resealed as the crystals reformed.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

The court filing with Perry’s messages was unsealed last week — then resealed in a move the court has yet to explain.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

Some of them, unable to wait any longer, cut a hole through a fence and made it to onto U.S. soil, before uniformed agents resealed the barricade.

From New York Times • May 11, 2023

An extensive restoration of its dancefloor, which saw more than 100 years' worth of lacquer stripped back and 30,000 individual blocks of oak, mahogany and walnut, sanded and resealed, was completed in January.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2022

It melted away at his touch and they slipped outside: Harry glanced back and saw that it had resealed itself at once.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling