cancel something

  • 41cancellation — also cancelation noun Date: 1535 1. the act or an instance of canceling 2. something (as a hotel room or a ticket) made available by the canceling of an arrangement 3. a mark made to cancel something (as a postage stamp) …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 42scratch — [[t]skrætʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough 2) to remove with a scraping or tearing action 3) to rub or scrape slightly, as with the fingernails, to relieve itching …

    From formal English to slang

  • 43nullify — / nʌlɪfaɪ/ verb to make something invalid or to cancel something (NOTE: nullifying nullified) …

    Marketing dictionary in english

  • 44Dele — De le, imperative sing. of L. delere to destroy. [Cf. {Delete}.] (Print.) Erase; remove; a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d, thus: [dele]. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 45Hazard prevention — is the process of of risks.Second stage in emergency management when one cannot eliminate risks, is the mitigation, to reduce the effects. Prevention itself means to stop or cancel something whilst it s going on before it has a chance to go any… …

    Wikipedia

  • 46cry off — verb To cancel something that one has previously arranged with someone. Sorry, but I have to cry off the game on Saturday, as my mother in law is coming to visit. Syn: beg off …

    Wiktionary

  • 47abort — [v1] stop or cancel something arrest, break off, call it quits*, call off, check, cut off, drop, end, fail, halt, interrupt, knock it off*, lay off*, nullify, scrap, scratch, scrub*, terminate; concept 121 Ant. continue, keep abort [v2] terminate …

    New thesaurus

  • 48rescind — /rɪ sɪnd/ verb to annul or to cancel something ● to rescind a contract or an agreement …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 49revoke — /rɪ vəυk/ verb to cancel something ● to revoke a decision or a clause in an agreement ● The quota on luxury items has been revoked …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 50scrub — tv. to cancel something. □ We had to scrub the whole plan because of the weather. □ The manager scrubbed the party because people wouldn’t cooperate …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions