COUNTERMANDED Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

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.

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The union argued the March judgment is still in effect because no court has put it on hold or overturned it.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
The restrictions were overturned late last month following weeks of discussions that led to Anthropic creating additional cybersecurity safeguards for its technology.

— Lorelei Smillie, Fortune, 9 July 2026

Definition of overturned

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Trump had also already reversed a key provision contained in the agreement that allowed Iran to sell its oil on the global market.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
In April 2018, Trinidad’s High Court found the laws unconstitutional, but a local appeals court partially reversed that ruling in March 2025.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of reversed

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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

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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was denied the right to work for any publication or publishing house; translation jobs were cancelled, his writing went unpublished.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

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After other State Department officials clarified that position, Dutch authorities withdrew the authorization while Machado’s aircraft was already in flight, forcing it to return.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
Two Republicans, a Democrat and an independent candidate are running to fill the top seat on the Platte County Commission, which is currently held by Scott Fricker, who withdrew from the race a month after filing for reelection this spring.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026

Definition of withdrew

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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

Definition of repealed

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Regents overruled a faculty task force, which had found the tests to be predictive of college success across demographics and recommended keeping them.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
This was then overruled by the Court of Cassation in November 2025, which referred the case back to the Court of Appeal.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 July 2026

Definition of overruled

Verb

Interviewed following his win on ESPN, the 42-year-old Chestnut dismissed, more or less, the impact of today’s 92 degree New York heat on the proceedings.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 July 2026
The nonprofit, which alleged the county violated the Surplus Lands Act by not first exploring affordable-housing development at the site, still has not dismissed its lawsuit.

— Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 4 July 2026

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