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cancel
verb /ˈkæn.səl/ (-ll- or US usually -l-)Definition
B1 [I or T] to decide that an organized event will not happen, or to stop an order for goods or services that you no longer want: They've had to cancel tomorrow's football match because of the bad weather. The 7.10 train to London has been cancelled. to cancel a magazine subscriptionCancelling and interrupting › [T] to mark a stamp to show that it has been used and cannot be used againThe postal system
(Definition of cancel verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Cancelling and interrupting
Synonyms and related words:
- (in) midstream idiom
- adjourn to somewhere phrasal verb
- adjourn verb
- arrest verb (STOP)
- break verb (INTERRUPT)
- call sth off phrasal verb
- cancellation noun
- cut verb (STOP)
- disturb verb (INTERRUPT)
- diversion noun (TAKING ATTENTION)
- halt noun
- interrupt verb (STOP SPEAKING)
- kick sth into touch idiom
- mothball verb
- nullify verb
- off adjective (STOPPED)
- rain sth off phrasal verb
- shut sth off phrasal verb (SUPPLY)
- stop verb (FINISH)
- time noun (PERIOD)
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