abrogate
verb (used with object)
to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal.
abrogates
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present tense formof abrogate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“When a statute and treaty rights conflict, the statue abrogates it,” she said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 22, 2021
There’s a reason why Ambrose Bierce described the telephone as “an invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable keep his distance.”
From Fox News ● Jul. 14, 2019
"South Korea has no official capacity to sign any agreement that abrogates the armistice agreement," said Bong Youngshik, a research fellow at Yonsei University's Institute for North Korean Studies in Seoul.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2018
“The co-pay card abrogates that. . . . None of us have come up with a very good solution about how to solve that.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2016
This statute abrogates the rule of the common law, making a husband responsible for civil injuries committed by his wife.
From Legal Status of Women in Iowa by Jennie L. (Jennie Lansley) Wilson
