CALLED OFF Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

called off

verb

past tense of call off

as in distracted

to draw the attention or mind to something else she was about to tell me the big news when her attention was called off by the arrival of another guest

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as in canceled

to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) called off the party after half of those invited couldn't make it

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Recent Examples of called off Idaho called off the execution of Thomas Eugene Creech in 2024 after execution team members could not place a viable IV after eight attempts. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 Tennessee also called off an execution earlier this year after failing to find a suitable vein for a secondary IV line. — Rebecca Boone, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 After two Grand Prix races were called off amid tensions in West Asia earlier this year, one of them made a unique comeback to the calendar by choosing a different venue than originally planned. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026 SpaceX spokesperson Dan Huot even announced it was called off, only to reverse course as flight controllers decided to press ahead. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Seasonal flu vaccinations have been called off this year after the government failed to procure them from Europe. — Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 Efforts to locate McCrystal included aerial and ground searches, which were called off earlier this month after a two-week search yielded no trace. — Sarah Jean Maher, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Realizing his body could no longer execute, Brees allegedly called off the comeback. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026 The two sides later launched trade talks and called off some of their most stringent measures, but tensions have remained high. — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

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Adams also expects other aspects of professional sports to suffer, predicting coaches and staff members will be just as distracted by the new game.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
My parents were tense and distracted while my siblings were scared.

— Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of distracted

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Journalists traveling with Machado initially said the flights had been canceled because of paperwork problems, according to the Dutch report.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
And Nikolay Novichkov, a deputy of the 8th State Duma, publicly called for a probe into the Hitler comments and said the concerts should be canceled lest the rapper publicly support the war in Ukraine.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of canceled

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Treasurer Erick Russell has also pushed changes designed to prevent active bank accounts from being wrongly classified as abandoned.

— Mark Lewyn, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Major League Baseball has abandoned a proposal to build a ballpark in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park.

— Stephanie Apstein, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of abandoned

Verb

Other countries have also scrapped cash-for-residency programs, citing concerns ranging from dirty money to housing affordability.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Other countries have also scrapped cash-for-residency programs, citing concerns including dirty money and housing affordability.

— Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of scrapped

Verb

The majority of those were revoked due to law enforcement encounters for a range of criminal activity, with assault, driving under the influence, theft and drug crimes being the leading causes.

— Louis Casiano , Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Last Wednesday, the city sent letters to the Metro Little League and the academy informing them that their access to the athletic fields was revoked.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of revoked

Verb

Or the pilots could have just aborted the landing at that point and circled to try again.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
The production of some vaccines involves growing viruses in human cell cultures from two fetuses aborted in the 1960s, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of aborted

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