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 The search was called off the morning of July 6, after a park ranger discovered a body near the island, later confirmed to be Wells through dental records. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 10 July 2026 After nearly an hour, then-IDOC Director Josh Tewalt called off the execution. — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 10 July 2026 The search for a Mississippi teen who went missing over the holiday weekend has been called off after a body matching his description was recovered Monday morning, officials said. — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026 The Venezuelan government has not yet called off the search for survivors. — Fernanda Pesce, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 Mission managers called off two launch attempts Tuesday and Wednesday due to poor weather around the L-1011’s staging base on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026 The pair called off their engagement in 2020 after 10 years together. — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 However, things took a turn, when the pair called off their engagement in November 2020. — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 24 June 2026 After police determined the suspect was no longer in the area, CMPD called off the search. — Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for called off

Verb

Although the extramarital affair made headlines at the time of Schettino’s trial, there was no evidence presented to say that he was distracted as a result of Cemortan’s presence.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Roschelle had seemed distracted lately, going to a bunch of doctors’ appointments, talking to Sapphire late at night.

— Jessica Contrera, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

Definition of distracted

Verb

Broiling conditions have severely tested the continent’s infrastructure, with some trains delayed or cancelled as extreme temperatures risk warping the metal tracks.

— Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
During his years in exile, Osip Mandelstam was denied the right to work for any publication or publishing house; translation jobs were cancelled, his writing went unpublished.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Definition of canceled

Verb

Now, that excess gets diverted into the Austerlitz basin instead, where it’s held deep underground until the weather clears, then pumped gradually to treatment plants outside the city.

— Camille Knight, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
Hotels are offering 50% discounts, schools, mosques and sports halls have been prepared to house mourners, and bus and rail networks are being diverted to serve the main events.

— Parisa Hafezi, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Definition of diverted

Verb

Bowles told the jury during trial that May would have never willingly abandoned her children.

— Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
The series’ new iterations, starting with Fede Álvarez’s 2013 soft reboot Evil Dead, have largely abandoned its roots as horror-comedy in favor of orgiastic slaughter.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026

Definition of abandoned

Verb

Trump said early Friday said that the United States and Iran have agreed to continue peace talks, even though the ceasefire established by last month's preliminary deal has been scrapped.

— Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 11 July 2026
After the news broke, Tarrant County scrapped Cesar Chavez’s name from the official county holiday and replaced it with a generic name that still allowed county employees to have the day off.

— Rachel Royster July 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026

Definition of scrapped

Verb

In North Carolina, permits are immediately revoked if a restaurant scores below 70%.

— Eva Flowe July 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
After this article was published, the Department of Homeland Security’s media office sent a statement listing the criminal histories of Morffi and Rodriguez and explaining that their green cards were revoked due to their crimes.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026

Definition of revoked

Verb

The launch came after multiple weather delays, as well as a software issue that aborted a Thursday launch attempt and was fixed with an update.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
An unpiloted test flight in December 2019 failed to reach the space station, aborted its mission, and came home early.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026

Definition of aborted

Verb

Justices found Yoon violated Cabinet members’ deliberation rights, falsified and destroyed the martial law proclamation, and used security forces to obstruct his arrest before lawmakers swiftly repealed the decree.

— Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
However, the City Council at the time repealed the measure and called it unworkable.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026