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
It appears to me that the basic legality of a NDA which abrogates the constitutional right of free speech after entering into the agreement needs to be reconsidered.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2018
There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald
