Synonyms of rolled back

rolled back

verb

past tense of roll back

as in abolished

to put an end to by formal action

lobbyists for the industry pressured the legislators to roll back the new automotive safety standards

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abolished
• repealed
• canceled
• set aside
• struck down
• overturned
• avoided
• vacated
• voided
• did away with
• dissolved
• invalidated
• rescinded
• dismissed
• quashed
• nullified
• abrogated
• suspended
• revoked
• withdrew
• annulled
• negated
• abated
• called off
• vetoed
• retracted
• rejected
• reversed
• nulled
• disannulled
• overruled
• eliminated
• removed
• recalled
• prohibited
• forbade
• banned
• countermanded
• aborted
• overrode
• erased
• threw out
• broke down
• enjoined
• outlawed
• called
• dropped
• disallowed
• eradicated
• wrote off
• liquidated
• annihilated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laid down
• enacted
• established
• founded
• instituted
• passed
• approved
• validated
• authorized
• permitted
• legislated
• allowed
• ratified
• ordered
• endorsed
• prescribed
• warranted
• sanctioned
• formalized
• cleared
• legalized
• legitimized
• mandated
• decreed
• commanded
• legitimated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rolled back

Teams deemed the valve needed to be replaced and the rocket needed to be rolled back from the pad to Boeing’s Vertical Integration Facility. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026

Others, including Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, point to a budget disaster roughly a decade ago in Kansas, in which legislators enacted a series of tax cuts that were eventually rolled back. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026

In recent years China’s Communist Party has ramped up oversight of religious institutions, rolled back the use of ethnic minority languages in primary, secondary schools and kindergartens. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 1 July 2026

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has rolled back some of its sporting investments recently, most notably pulling its funding from LIV Golf. — Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rolled back longstanding limits on the amount of money political parties can spend in coordination with individual candidates for federal office -- a ruling that could unleash a wave of new spending before the midterms. — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 30 June 2026

Riyad Mahrez, 35, has rolled back the years, providing an assist and two goals since coming back into the starting line-up in the second match. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 30 June 2026

The funny and ironic thing is that Major League Baseball has also rolled back DEI initiatives in response to the federal government crackdown. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026

Trump’s order rolled back the executive directives that guided those regulations, but the regulations themselves remain in place. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026