to abrogate
/ˈæbɹəˌɡeɪt/
verbto terminate an agreement, right, law, custom, etc. in an official manner
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1. So the covenant hasn't been completely abrogated.
2. The guarantees of the Bill of Rights and constitutional provisions are abrogated by the existence of war.
3. They don't abrogate the rule that says Medicare has to cover all drugs.
4. Do you think that we should abrogate Qualified Immunity?
5. Papal authority had been abrogated once again.
abrogation
/ˌæbɹəˈɡeɪʃən/
nounthe act of officially abolishing or ending a law, agreement, etc.
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1. In what some see as an abrogation of responsibility, the island's police chief, Gary Griffith, has urged women to do more to save themselves.
2. So I just view that as an abrogation of monetary sovereignty.
3. So the duty to retreat itself had existed, and then the abrogation of that duty to retreat also had existed.
breach
/ˈbɹitʃ/
nounan act that violates an agreement, law, etc.
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1. By 1990, CPUs breached the 1 million transistor count.
2. Defense contractors also have breach reporting requirements to the Department of Defense.
3. Violent protesters breached the walls.
4. For example, the air over the busiest airports regularly breaches the limits for nitrogen dioxide pollutants.
5. Finally, on the 25th, the battery breached the walls of Saint Louis.
to breach
/ˈbɹitʃ/
verbto break an agreement, law, etc.
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1. By 1990, CPUs breached the 1 million transistor count.
2. Defense contractors also have breach reporting requirements to the Department of Defense.
3. Violent protesters breached the walls.
4. For example, the air over the busiest airports regularly breaches the limits for nitrogen dioxide pollutants.
5. Finally, on the 25th, the battery breached the walls of Saint Louis.
breach of contract
/bɹˈiːtʃ ʌv kˈɑːntɹækt/
nounthe violation of terms agreed on in a contract
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1. Water rights, breach of contract when tribal governments enter into contracts with non-Indian entities.
2. The victim is now suing for assault, negligence, and breach of contract.
3. The government is suing Bolton for breach of contract.
4. Tfue is seeking money damages for breach of contract.
5. It wasn't a breach of contract.
to cancel
/ˈkænsəɫ/
verbto end a formal agreement or arrangement
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1. They canceled classes, ditched oversize dumbbells, and shifted resources to cardio and circuit training.
2. Cancel the registration.
3. Student: Cancel the T's.
4. Prof: Cancel the T's.
5. Gear-i, cancel this order, please.
cancelation
/kˌænsɪlˈeɪʃən/
nounthe ending of an agreement, particularly a legal one
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1. Cancelation between opposite edges, and two edges that don't give you anything.
2. Biden has not asked for a cancelation.
3. On the campaign trail, President Biden talked about debt cancelation.
4. According to The Hollywood Reporter, TLC exec Amy Winter said the cancelation was due to timing.
5. The announcement of the show's cancelation came during a Facebook Live event with the show's creator, Marlene King, and the show's main cast members - Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell, and Sasha Pieterse.
to dishonor
/dɪˈsɑnɝ/
verbto refuse to do what was promised or agreed
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1. It's a badge of dishonor.
2. I'm going to bring dishonor to family.
3. People are calling dishonor on Disney's live-action Mulan after the star of the upcoming remake, Crystal Liu, posted on social media in support of the Hong Kong police force.
4. They dishonor the sacrifices, and according to one reading they lie with the women at the door of the shrine.
5. It dishonors struggle.
dissolution
/ˌdɪsəˈɫuʃən/
nounthe formal ending of a business agreement, marriage, parliament, organization, etc.
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1. The dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden was a momentous event which was born from an apparently lesser dispute: a conflict over the question of a separate Norwegian consular service.
2. Her young life had been blighted by the dissolution of her mother's marriage and the King's subsequent actions.
3. After the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the federal army was also dissolved.
4. And the lawsuit seeks the dissolution of the NRA as a nonprofit in the state.
5. So grinding accelerates dissolution by making very tiny crystals below the critical size that we talked about last semester.
to dissolve
/dɪˈzɑɫv/
verbto formally end a business agreement, parliament, or marriage
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1. Dissolve the guilt and the shame.
2. Our stomach acid dissolves the flea but not the larvae, the parasite.
3. On this view, again, a solution to the meta-problem dissolves the hard problem.
4. Consciousness dissolves subconscious walls.
5. Dissolve the yeast in the warm water.
to end
/ˈɛnd/
verbto stop or finish something
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1. Eventually his battle with drug addiction ended the marriage.
2. Pavement ends ahead?
3. Cross end B in front of end
4. The game just ended.
5. The game ended.
to expire
/ɪkˈspaɪɹ/
verb(of a document, contract, etc.) to no longer be legally recognized because of reaching the end of validity period
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1. My parents expired.
2. - Expired.
3. My parents expired.
4. The meter expired?
5. Medicine expires.
expiry
/ˌɛkˈspaɪɹi/
nounthe end of a period of time during which a document or agreement is valid
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1. Now you might notice there's an expiry date on the apps.
2. But foods can be consumed safely beyond an expiry date!
3. This can be a bit confusing, so let’s break down the expiry date.
4. So, the next time your almond milk goes past expiry date, you know what to do.
5. Even if it's before the usual expiry date.
to nullify
/ˈnəɫəˌfaɪ/
verbto legally invalidate an agreement, decision, etc.
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1. The NBA is nullifying the reality of this game because of this official's errant proclivity for extra technical fouls.
2. For the first time we are nullifying the alphabetical rule.
3. Being unaware of what you are putting in your body can nullify all your efforts.
4. it nullifies the whole entire prerogative of weight loss.
5. Love is not nullified by the passage of time or by changing circumstance.
to renege
/ɹɪˈnɪɡ/
verbto act against an agreement, promise, etc.
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1. But, they kind of, like, reneged on the deal.
2. What if one of the guys reneges on the deal?
3. Or if it goes the other way, if rice goes up, the warehouse might renege.
4. I'd be reneging on my fiduciary duty.
5. And that sort of worked until the elites reneged on the deal.
to repeal
/ɹiˈpiɫ/, /ɹɪˈpiɫ/
verbto officially end a law
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1. We repeal the core of the disastrous Obamacare.
2. In 1976 the Federal Land Policy and management act repealed the homestead laws.
3. That act repealed the Missouri Compromise.
4. That Obamacare tax increase is repealed.
5. We repealed the core of the disastrous Obamacare.
to rescind
/ɹiˈsɪnd/, /ɹɪˈsɪnd/
verbto officially cancel a law, decision, agreement, etc.
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1. Moral patientcy rescinded.
2. - You can rescind your invitation.
3. Two hours later, they rescind their press release.
4. The prohibition of the African National Congress is being rescinded.
5. Unfortunately, due to petitions and, and public outcry, the governor of Georgia rescinded that offer.
rescission
/ɹɪˈsɪʒən/
nounthe formal cancelation of a law, agreement, or order
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1. In a statement, the president said he had signed the bill, but was demanding many rescissions to claw back what he said was wasteful spending.
2. Congresswoman Nita Lowey, who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, said she and other Democrats will reject any rescissions submitted by President Trump.
3. He's demanding these rescissions, sending to Congress a red-line bill, basically itemizing all the funds that he wants removed.
4. The effect of rescissions is the third issue we do not know the answer to.
5. But as I'm guessing you might have heard earlier, there were five states that ratified the ERA in the 1970s, but then enacted laws that looked like rescissions.
revocation
/ˌɹɛvəˈkeɪʃən/
nounthe cancelation of a law, agreement, or decision
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1. These reforms included the consolidation of One-party rule, the revocation of freedom of speech and the introduction of rationing.
2. It wasn't a revocation of the promises.
3. But I do think that the challenge to the Trump administration's revocation of California's waiver raises all these interesting questions of federalism.
4. Have you experienced a revocation of conditional release?
5. And the revocation actually went through with respect to two men because they were in prison at the time and the warden hadn't actually given them the physical document.
to run out
/ɹˈʌn ˈaʊt/
verb(of a document or agreement) to not be valid anymore
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1. Money runs out fast.
2. When his ammunition ran out, he threw his gun at Pugliese.
3. When a new drug comes to market, the FDA gives the drug company exclusive rights to produce and market the drug until their patent runs out.
4. Food and water-- Food and water-- Food and water ran out.
5. So, eventually, the nuclear fuel runs out.
rupture
/ˈɹəptʃɝ/
nounan end to an agreement or good relations between people, states, etc.
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1. The rupture can take many forms.
2. Ruptures are interesting.
3. The aorta could rupture.
4. My carotid artery had ruptured.
5. The aneurysm can rupture.
to rupture
/ˈɹəptʃɝ/
verbto cause an agreement or relation to be breached
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1. The rupture can take many forms.
2. Ruptures are interesting.
3. The aorta could rupture.
4. My carotid artery had ruptured.
5. The aneurysm can rupture.
term
/ˈtɝm/
nounthe end of a specific period of time, particularly one that is expected to last
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1. The system revolutionized the restaurant business and introduced the term "fast food."
2. Other courts have terms.
3. Thou shalt not define terms.
4. Suleiman delivered terms to his opponents.
5. His word, term is an idée mere, a mother idea.
termination
/tɝməˈneɪʃən/
nounthe fact of being brought to an end; the action of putting an end to something
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1. Termination: Termination happens when one of the three stop codons is positioned in the A-site.
2. Termination: Termination happens when one of the three stop codons is positioned in the A-site.
3. Termination: Termination happens when one of the three stop codons is positioned in the A-site.
4. General conservatorships have no termination date.
5. And termination, which destroys the machines.
to violate
/ˈvaɪəɫeɪt/
verbto disobey or break a regulation, an agreement, etc.
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1. [The sanctions] violate the principles of international trade and WTO regulations
2. This book definitely violates that rule.
3. No country should violate property rights like that.
4. The law of cause and effect is violated.
5. - Violated.
violation
/vaɪəˈɫeɪʃən/
nounthe act of breaching an agreement, law, etc.
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1. Should the government forgive violations of immigration law?
2. Violation of this would mean a substantial monetary fine and imprisonment.
3. Is the situation a violation?
4. Discriminatory laws, assaults on the independence of the judiciary, suppression of political competition, police violence, and similar products of populism are human rights violations.
5. 50 years, never had a violation?
violator
/ˈvaɪəˌɫeɪtɝ/
nouna person, organization, or government, etc. that breaches a law, agreement, etc. or disrespects someone's rights
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1. Violators are charged between $500 and $1500 per legal call.
2. Violators must be punished! -
3. Violators faced heavy fines.
4. One of them is a human rights violator.
5. The violators received five-day jail sentences and a fine.
to rat on
/ɹˈæt ˈɑːn/
verbto not fulfill a promise or agreement
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to back out
/bˈæk ˈaʊt/
verbto not do something one has promised or agreed to do
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1. No, we back out.
2. - Backed out at the last second.
3. She backed out at the very last minute.
4. Somebody backed out.
5. I have to back out.