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to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it canceled the check and wrote a new one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 No, fans weren’t punishing USC for canceling the Notre Dame series. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 Between 2019 and 2021, for example, the president proposed canceling Roman (then called WFIRST) three separate times in three different budget requests. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2026 The company has said the number of jurisdictions partnering with Flock far outpaces the number canceling their agreements. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026 Dion has largely stepped back from performing since canceling her Courage World Tour as her condition progressed. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 Musk’s officials infiltrated department after department, canceling contracts, firing employees, viewing sensitive data, and kneecapping programs related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as foreign aid. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026 Contrary to popular opinion, noise-cancelling features actually aren’t always the smartest option. — Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026 Read Manilow’s statement about canceling his Las Vegas concerts in the Instagram post above. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Aug. 2026 The agent reported that the API lacked authorization checks for canceling other people's reservations. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canceling
  1. abandoning
  2. abolishing
  3. deleting
  4. erasing
  5. revoking
  6. repealing
  7. eradicating
  8. aborting
Verb
  • For Roman's team, the prospect of abandoning the telescope just before the finish line hit hard.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Still, the numbers do not show that investors are broadly abandoning Bitcoin for Solana.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of abandoning
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  • Debates over abolishing or scaling back the institution, which occasionally flare up in the United Kingdom and other nations, are rare in Norway.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
  • While his party debates abolishing prisons and owning grocery stores, Democratic Mayor Daniel Lurie is cleaning up his city.
    — Kate Andrews, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of abolishing
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  • Callaway Golf and Good Good Golf are facing backlash after posting, then deleting, a controversial ad that depicted a man pushing a woman to the ground.
    — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Keep in mind that deleting one memory may not erase every source containing that information.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of deleting
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  • But Bama followed with a 38-3 quarterfinal flop to Indiana, erasing any momentum and placing DeBoer squarely under the microscope entering a pivotal third season.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The 68-year-old also lost her husband and her son, who worked at a local hydropower plant, in the flash floods that hit the region on Wednesday, erasing entire communities.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of erasing
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  • The following has zero to do with TCU’s revoking the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s credentials to cover TCU athletic events.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
  • However, experts said revoking a visa alone may have little impact on someone already in the country.
    — María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of revoking
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  • The Council earlier this month approved an ordinance repealing a July measure that directed the city manager to assess living conditions at the apartments and make emergency repairs.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
  • That includes prohibiting the construction of AI data centers in rural Texas neighborhoods, reducing the impacts of data centers on local communities, and repealing sales tax exemptions and other incentives.
    — Jack Fink, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of repealing
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  • The brand also claims that this sweeps away plaque rather than just blasting a hole through it, more effectively eradicating the sludgy bacteria.
    — Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Tlaib is also a prominent critic of Israel; her rhetoric has been chastised by Jewish colleagues as an antisemitic call for eradicating Jews, a charge the congresswoman and her supporters reject.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of eradicating
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  • After aborting a Starship test flight last week, SpaceX plans to try again this Thursday evening.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, Antonelli made the mistake of aborting his lap, thinking there were double yellow flags.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 1 July 2026
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“Canceling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canceling. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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