All cancel synonyms

verb cancel

• call off — If you call off an event that has been planned, you cancel it.
• wipe out — an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
• annul — If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
• revoke — to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
• remove — to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
• abolish — If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
• cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
• break off — If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
• abort — If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
• kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
• destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
• repeal — to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant.
• rescind — to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
• rule out — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• trim — to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
• deface — If someone defaces something such as a wall or a notice, they spoil it by writing or drawing things on it.
• obliterate — to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
• repudiate — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
• ax — An ax is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade that is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
• abrogate — If someone in a position of authority abrogates something such as a law, agreement, or practice, they put an end to it.
• total — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
• zap — to kill or shoot.
• quash — to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
• trash — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
• efface — to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one's unhappy memories.
• scrub — to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
• squash — to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
• undo — to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
• countermand — If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• sink — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
• smash — to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
• off — so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
• omit — to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
• delete — If you delete something that has been written down or stored in a computer, you cross it out or remove it.
• torpedo — a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.
• invalidate — to render invalid; discredit.
• neutralize — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
• vacate — to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment.
• redress — the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses.
• negate — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
• counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
• refute — to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
• overthrow — to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
• retract — to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
• counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
• suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
• void — Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
• frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
• nullify — to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.