nulled

verb

past tense of null
as in abolished
to put an end to by formal action asked the state court to null the election results because of widespread voting irregularities

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nulled
  1. abolished
  2. repealed
  3. canceled
  4. voided
  5. nullified
Verb
  • Fortunately, Gorbachev would drop his objections to SDI in time for both men to sign a landmark treaty in 1987 that abolished all intermediate range nuclear arms in Europe and made the entire world safer.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026
  • About three-quarters of the world’s nations have abolished the death penalty in law or practice.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of abolished
Verb
  • Prices collapsed after 1986, domestic production was increasingly exempted, and the tax was generating almost nothing by the time it was repealed.
    — Tibor Besedeš, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Parents in the Lower Merion School District in Pennsylvania drew national attention in June when yelling broke out at a board meeting after the district repealed a policy that had given families a choice to opt out.
    — Stephanie Cook Broadhurst, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of repealed
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  • That trial is scheduled to begin next month, but could be pushed back or canceled altogether depending on what the judge decides.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Abdiel also said he was told his commercial driver’s license would be canceled.
    — Maria Santana, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of canceled
Verb
  • Anyone who voted in the first primary here had their votes voided.
    — Debbie Elliott, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The judge also suspended 13 new members appointed by Kennedy to the CDC vaccine advisory committee (ACIP) and voided their prior votes.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of voided
Verb
  • One offensive holding call nullified Emmett Johnson’s 4-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Bosa gave Halton his approval after the fourth-round pick debuted Thursday night with four tackles, plus a sack that was nullified by a teammate’s holding penalty.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of nullified
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“Nulled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nulled. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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