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countermands 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of countermand
as in overturns
formal to cancel (an order) especially by giving a new order Orders to blow up the bridge were countermanded.

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noun

plural of countermand
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as in overrides

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as in mandates

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countermands
  1. overturns
  2. overrides
  3. mandates
  4. reverses
  5. vetoes
  6. rules
  7. revokes
  8. repeals
Verb
  • Trump has said construction will not move forward unless a federal appeals court overturns a ruling blocking efforts to put his name on the building.
    — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026
  • But when the studio overturns the casting decision, her search for answers spirals into obsession, blurring the line between ambition, performance and reality.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of overturns
Noun
  • Organizations must also monitor output quality by risk, human overrides, false results, escalation volume, complaints, model drift and performance across employee groups.
    — Michael Tyrimos, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But over the past few months, investors have started questioning whether valuations have run ahead of the defense industry's ability to ramp up, amid ever-growing order books in an industry known for delays and cost overrides.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of overrides
Noun
  • This can help investors measure their exposure not only to extreme weather, but also to geographic concentrations across supply chains, tariff policies and energy-transition mandates.
    — Henry Fernandez, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • During the pandemic, mRNA became almost synonymous with COVID-19 vaccines — and thus entangled with the mandates and restrictions that many Americans resented.
    — Sally C. Pipes, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of mandates
Verb
  • At Vik in Chile, chef Pablo Cáceres reverses the traditional pairing process, creating hyperlocal dishes specifically for the estate’s wines.
    — Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Unselfed love reverses the world’s sway that would turn us away from the always-available guiding, loving, and healing messages of the eternal Christ that lead us to do good deeds to benefit humanity, individually or collectively.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of reverses
Noun
  • The proposal was defeated by a vote of 11-2, with Somalia and Pakistan abstaining, because of the Russian and Chinese vetoes.
    — September 18, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • At such a meeting, unions lack voting power, and major shareholders like the Porsche/Piech families and Qatar could secure the 75% majority needed for structural changes, bypassing traditional vetoes.
    — Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of vetoes
Noun
  • Whatever to the silly old poem and whatever to the ceremony and all its stupid little details and whatever to all the rules for daughters.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Next up, if the deal closes as expected in a couple weeks, is the plan to start finding those $6 billion in cost synergies between the companies while fulfilling the rules-of-the-road in the consent decree.
    — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of rules
Verb
  • When vulnerabilities are found in shims, Microsoft revokes them.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
  • The Netherlands is the only EU country that automatically revokes the citizenship of its nationals in the event of gaining dual nationality with a non-EU country.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Definition of revokes
Noun
  • In agreeing to hear the pair of cases, the justices did not disturb the lower court rulings that blocked the repeals for now.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The trash and parking fee repeals might be uniquely attractive to a broad swath of San Diegans in a way that may not translate to competitive bidding changes or even pension reform.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
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“Countermands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countermands. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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