as in abolished
to put an end to by formal action
the constitutional amendment that nullified Prohibition
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Recent Examples of nullified
But a late whistle for a delay of game nullified the play and backed the Panthers up five yards.
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The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
His facemask penalty nullified Mac Jones’ first-series scramble to midfield.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
Your decision to grow them in containers makes sense as bulbs always make a lasting impression in dense container plantings and their garden takeover tendencies can be nullified.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
Maduro inherited a stacked Supreme Court from his predecessor, Hugo Chávez, that has systematically nullified opposition legislation.
—Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
Mutharika stepped down in 2020 after his victory was nullified over electoral fraud concerns.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
This wouldn't surprise me all that much, especially in light of a report out of the Census Bureau yesterday showing inflation gains largely nullified wage gains last year.
—Jj Kinahan, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Even if Florida’s law prohibiting open carry were nullified, state law still bars people from carrying firearms in any capacity to certain places, including police stations, courthouses, polling places and college campuses.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Sac State scored two touchdowns on that final drive in the final minute but both plays were nullified by holding calls, and then more despair ensued.
—Joe Davidosn, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nullified
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Quotas related to race and national origin were abolished.—
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In 2020, the Florida Supreme Court also abolished proportionality review, which for 50 years allowed judges to probe the circumstances of death cases to protect defendants from the random imposition of the death penalty.—
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The European countries that repealed their wealth taxes did so for varied reasons.—
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In 2020, voters repealed the Gallagher Amendment in the state constitution, which locked in a certain ratio of residential to commercial property taxes that provided extra security for homeowners against sudden increases.—
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Years later, the series was set for a revival, but it was abruptly canceled due to creative differences.—
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The number of flights canceled at Cincinnati's major airport has more than doubled on Sunday amid flight reductions at airports nationwide due to the government shutdown.—
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By an 11-1 vote, a Miami-Dade County jury originally sentenced him to death, but that sentence was overturned in 2017 after a new state law ruled it unconstitutional for a death sentence to be imposed without a unanimous jury verdict, according to the court records.—
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Weinstein was found guilty of third-degree rape of Mann in early 2020, but that conviction was overturned in 2024 by a New York state appeals court.—
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In addition to replenishing the equity pool for employee awards, this decision restored the equity framework needed to maintain and execute on Tesla’s pay-for-performance philosophy after a single Delaware judge voided the 2018 CEO Performance Award.—
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The suspension would have voided the rest of his salary for this season and $45 million in future guarantees, if the Steelers choose to do so, according to the NFL Network.—
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“Nullified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nullified. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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