Synonyms of rolling back

rolling back

verb

present participle of roll back

as in abolishing

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

• abolishing
• repealing
• canceling
• striking down
• setting aside
• doing away with
• avoiding
• overturning
• voiding
• vacating
• invalidating
• dissolving
• nullifying
• rescinding
• dismissing
• quashing
• abrogating
• negating
• annulling
• withdrawing
• revoking
• suspending
• calling off
• abating
• reversing
• nulling
• disannulling
• retracting
• vetoing
• rejecting
• removing
• eliminating
• writing off
• overruling
• overriding
• forbidding
• throwing out
• recalling
• prohibiting
• breaking down
• banning
• aborting
• outlawing
• erasing
• enjoining
• calling
• countermanding
• dropping
• eradicating
• disallowing
• annihilating
• liquidating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laying down
• establishing
• enacting
• founding
• instituting
• passing
• validating
• legislating
• authorizing
• permitting
• allowing
• approving
• ratifying
• endorsing
• clearing
• ordering
• prescribing
• legalizing
• warranting
• commanding
• legitimizing
• legitimating
• formalizing
• mandating
• sanctioning
• decreeing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rolling back

These included rolling back childhood vaccine requirements, threatening to demolish the Kennedy Center, and attacking mail-in voting. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026

By rolling back, or reducing, its levy rate by 65 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, the district effectively reduced homeowners’ taxes but passed up $22 million in extra revenue that year. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

Last fall, in its first move toward rolling back federal broadband initiatives, the FCC voted to remove at-home and school bus Wi-Fi access from the program, features that were added during the Biden administration. — Linda Jacobson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Eight states have enacted legislation this year rolling back data center tax subsidies, with 17 more considering similar measures, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, cited by Politico. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

But rolling back a climate law that isn’t the cause won’t fix it, and neither will a five-year reprieve for old power plants. — Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Tiffany is proposing freezing property taxes, rolling back other tax increases and increasing energy production. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026

But many advocates predict that could result in much lower quality services by rolling back oversight of programs and staff background checks. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

The most consequential move the administration has made is rolling back a suite of EPA rules that cracked down on air and water pollution from the plants. — Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 13 July 2026