CRIED OFF Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

cried off

verb

past tense of cry off

as in canceled

to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) their film deal had been abruptly cried off, and now the filmmakers were back to square one

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Parades, concerts and fireworks shows were canceled or delayed in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Delaware for July 3 and 4.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Philadelphia canceled its Wawa Welcome America parade, Washington’s Great American State Fair temporarily closed Friday afternoon, and other celebrations have delayed public entry to reduce exposure during the hottest hours.

— Erin McGarry, NBC news, 3 July 2026

Definition of canceled

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Saipov, who had rented a truck and planned to target a Manhattan parade, found the route blocked by these barriers and abandoned that plan.

— Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
They are being abandoned not just by Thomson but by large segments of their original audience.

— Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026

Definition of abandoned

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But before his performance was scrapped, Hagar gave fans a preview on social media.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
But Nixon scrapped those plans in place of federal funding for grassroots programming, Rymsza-Pawlowska said, which grew into forms of civic engagement still popular today.

— James Pollard, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Definition of scrapped

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In North Carolina, permits are immediately revoked if a restaurant scores below 70%.

— Eva Flowe July 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026
Ask how the agent acting on your behalf is cryptographically identified as well as how quickly a compromised credential can be revoked without affecting the rest of the system.

— Teodor Calin, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of revoked

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The launch came after multiple weather delays, as well as a software issue that aborted a Thursday launch attempt and was fixed with an update.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
An unpiloted test flight in December 2019 failed to reach the space station, aborted its mission, and came home early.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026

Definition of aborted

Verb

The pair once again called off their romance two years later.

— Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Mission managers called off two launch attempts Tuesday and Wednesday due to poor weather around the L-1011’s staging base on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026

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