canceling

verb

variants or cancelling
present participle of cancel
1
as in abandoning
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) please call to cancel your appointment with the dentist if you can't make it

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2
as in abolishing
to put an end to by formal action the agreement can be canceled by either side with a formal written notice

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3
as in deleting
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it canceled the check and wrote a new one

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4
as in erasing
to destroy all traces of it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order

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Recent Examples of canceling What to pack and how to prepare Kids’ ears are more sensitive than adults’, so bring kid-sized earplugs or noise-canceling headphones. — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026 The same goes for pedestrians, who increasingly are glued to phones and engrossed in noise-canceling headphones. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 5 July 2026 From premium noise-canceling headphones to budget-friendly wireless earbuds, these are the standout offers still active right now. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026 When a thief opens an account with your SSN, birthdate and address, canceling the account only fixes part of the problem. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026 Luke Bryan After previously cancelling his Kansas City-area appearance in 2025 because of health issues, country star Luke Bryan is back to headline his own show. — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026 The Forest and Rangeland Research Program funding was also eliminated, canceling the agency’s research on wildfire tracking, prevention, and impacts. — Kelly Fleming, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Dangerous, triple-digit heat is attacking the East Coast this holiday weekend, not only bringing sweltering temps but canceling events for America's semiquincentennial in Philadelphia. — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 3 July 2026 In 2024, Joe Biden sailed to the Democratic presidential nomination after a primary process that was little more than a formality, with the Florida Democratic Party even cancelling its primary in March to anoint Biden. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canceling
  1. abandoning
  2. abolishing
  3. deleting
  4. erasing
  5. revoking
  6. repealing
  7. eradicating
  8. aborting
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  • This is self-transcendence—not abandoning the self but expanding beyond a narrow sense of it.
    — Yujia Zhu, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • While tackling expensive debt is a smart financial decision, abandoning your retirement has consequences.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of abandoning
Verb
  • Many of its candidates support entirely eliminating immigration enforcement, abolishing the police, sweeping wealth redistribution and expanding government ownership over significant sectors of the economy.
    — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2026
  • But how does that -- how does abolishing prisons or having open borders fit into that?
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 June 2026
Definition of abolishing
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  • However, because agentic systems can execute actions independently, an error can become a severe operational failure, such as authorizing fraudulent transactions or deleting mission-critical databases.
    — Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • González recommends deleting it immediately, running a security scan, keeping an eye on your transactions, and reporting the incident to your local consumer protection office or the police.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
Definition of deleting
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  • The birthright citizenship ruling was a win for democracy — and a warning about erasing history, argues columnist Anita Chabria.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Love is the capacity to hold difference without fragmentation, to bring parts into relationship without erasing their uniqueness and to align intelligence with constructive becoming.
    — Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of erasing
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  • Another decision allows the administration to proceed with revoking temporary legal status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 June 2026
  • Zelensky formally responded on Saturday in a decidedly undiplomatic post on X, subtly trashing the Polish government for revoking his award while not doing so with other historical awardees that many would object to.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026
Definition of revoking
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  • In one significant policy shift, Lewis George campaigned on repealing former Metropolitan Police Department chief Pamela Smith’s executive order directing her officers to cooperate with federal immigration authorities for individuals not in police custody.
    — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2026
  • Council members narrowly passed the ordinance repealing the ban by a 7-5 vote, with some voting against the measure as a form of protest.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026
Definition of repealing
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  • When William and his brother, Prince Harry, were young boys, the former Princess of Wales would regularly take them to homeless shelters, and eradicating homelessness has become a cornerstone of the future king’s royal work.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 30 June 2026
  • The path through impostor syndrome is not about eradicating the doubt.
    — Karyn Gallant, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of eradicating
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  • The crew coordinated with air traffic control and performed a go-around, which involves aborting a landing attempt and climbing away from the runway, to avoid an American Airlines plane that was departing from an intersecting runway, The Guardian reported.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • Apollo 13 zoomed around the Moon after famously aborting its lunar landing mission.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of aborting

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