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abrogate

verb as in formally put an end to

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Among crucial steps, it’s long past time to restore three treaties that the United States abrogated — ABM, Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces and Open Skies.

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“Mr. Loftis has abrogated his responsibility as a state treasurer,” he said.

Since power and politics are so eternally interwoven, it is unthinkable that less populated states would choose to abrogate the power slathered upon them through the 12th Amendment.

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.

Duterte tried to abrogate a key defense pact that would have restrained American forces from entering the Philippines for large-scale war drills but later backpedaled from the effort.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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