repeal
verb (used with object)
to revoke or withdraw formally or officially.
have repealed
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present perfectof repeal.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Dozens have repealed them; 15 in 2022 alone.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
Other former British colonies have repealed similar legislation, including India in 2018 and Fiji in 2010.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2022
That is the principle that when an earlier act of Parliament conflicts with a more recent one, the later law is considered to have repealed the earlier one by implication.
From BBC ● May 14, 2021
Four cities in the state have repealed panhandling ordinances since a federal appeals court in 2015 ruled that an ordinance in Springfield, Illinois, penalized people for begging for money in public places was unconstitutional.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 24, 2019
She could have repealed her then existing constitution and enacted the new one by her own authority.
From England, Canada and the Great War by Louis-Georges Desjardins
