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repealed
verb as in declare null and void
Example Sentences
In the summer of 2010, she improbably asserted that "don't ask, don't tell" would be repealed by the end of the year.
The absinthe ban lasted until 2010, when Articulo 1123 was ever-so-quietly repealed.
A recent law giving Russian the status of a second official language was immediately repealed on the weekend.
But even these ideological successes are being slowly repealed.
And by “win,” I mean Obamacare may in fact be dismantled, overhauled, or even possibly repealed in the years to come.
English act of habeas corpus passed; the act suspending it was repealed, probably forever, 1818.
This statute was continued and altered in subsequent reigns, and not repealed until the twelfth year of Queen Anne.
Finally, on March 5, 1770, the Townshend Acts were repealed with the exception of the tax on tea: three pence per pound.
Since many of the Readjuster party members consisted of Negroes, the poll tax was repealed also.
English act of parliament against witchcraft, passed in the reign of James I, repealed.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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