as in cancelled
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
their film deal had been abruptly cried off, and now the filmmakers were back to square one
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The final stage of a major bike race was canceled earlier this month after several large pro-Palestinian demonstrations disrupted the event, in protest of the Israel-Premier Tech team’s participation.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025 -
The incident comes just days after Young cancelled a New Jersey performance that had been scheduled for Friday.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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The findings show that nature can reclaim even the most unexpected human leftovers, turning toxic and abandoned war relics into thriving underwater ecosystems.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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Many of singer D4vd’s friends in the Los Angeles music scene had come to believe that Celeste Rivas Hernandez was his 19-year-old girlfriend, long before the 15-year-old’s body was found dismembered in the trunk of his Tesla, which had been abandoned in the Hollywood hills a month earlier.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The initiative had to be scrapped months later due to the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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Hinds scrapped with Utah’s Ben McCartney in the third tilt of the evening, early in the third period.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
23 Sep. 2025
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Borderland has revoked his citizenship.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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Omar Ahmad, Eagles Sports Range's founder, transferred the business to his son, Nazeh Ahmad, after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives revoked his firearm licenses in 2022 for illegally selling firearms to those not allowed to buy them, according to court filings.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Cried off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cried%20off. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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