countermanded

verb

past tense of countermand
as in overturned
formal to cancel (an order) especially by giving a new order Orders to blow up the bridge were countermanded.

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for countermanded
  1. overturned
  2. reversed
  3. revoked
  4. canceled
  5. withdrew
  6. repealed
  7. overruled
  8. dismissed
Verb
  • The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned the restriction on Friday after multiple appeals from the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, allowing the country’s men’s and women’s teams to compete in the 2027 championships.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Across the country, people voted in the midterm elections to significantly expand who holds power in America, all over a single night in which decades of political precedent were overturned.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of overturned
Verb
  • What’s more, national elections aren’t necessarily tidy, leaving anchors to explain that whichever party has the lead in early tabulations may find its position reversed later in the evening.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The March high came in at $53, the May high at $52 and the September high at $52, and each one reversed.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of reversed
Verb
  • Ritterspach has also agreed to permanently stop any Animal Welfare Act-regulated activity, and his license has been permanently revoked.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • His boxing license revoked and his championship title stripped, Ali entered a period of exile.
    — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of revoked
Verb
  • All Boise High classes were canceled for the day, Boise School District spokesperson Ryan Hill told the Statesman in an email.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2026
  • They were told their Medicare Advantage plan was being canceled for next year.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of canceled
Verb
  • The last time the Legislature withdrew from the rainy day fund was in 2008.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Lynch, a registered nurse, withdrew from the race in August, days after she was arrested.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of withdrew
Verb
  • However, some of the ballot language in Measure G unintentionally repealed Measure J — an administrative error that was discovered in June 2025.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The vaccine requirements are an agency rule, not in state law, and can be repealed by the agency itself without legislative approval.
    — News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of repealed
Verb
  • Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch joined Alito’s 2021 opinion calling for Employment Division to be overruled.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The state, which has final say, overruled the DOE and approved 75% of those claims.
    — Lizz Giordano, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of overruled
Verb
  • The North has denied responsibility for the incident and dismissed Seoul's demand to apologize and remove its remaining mines.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Three weeks before the election, the chairman of Israel’s Central Elections Committee dismissed the case, but the AID Coalition agreed not to buy more blocks on additional flights.
    — Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of dismissed
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

countermand
countermanded
countermanding
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Countermanded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countermanded. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

Copy Citation
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of abandon

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

7 Words for Old-Timey Vehicles

The Words of the Week - Nov. 6

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

How to Use 'Who' vs. 'Whom'

Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words, Vol. 5

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
woman sitting on floor holding book in front of her face on pink background
Famous Novels, Last Lines Quiz Needless to say, spoiler alert.
See All