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

To minimize bricking risks, some users suggest rolling back to the official stock firmware (v15) via M-VAVE’s official updater first, and only then flashing the next custom firmware build. — ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026

For many, that meant rolling back federal recommendations and approvals for vaccines. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

In addition to rolling back benefits, some payers are exiting MA and others are canceling certain plans. — Caroline Catherman, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

The worst idea is a finalized regulatory rule — rolling back fuel economy standards for automobiles that had been strengthened during the Biden administration. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

The official who wrote the letter, Paul Guaglianone, said lifting sanctions against Dodik had led to Bosnian Serb separatists rolling back policies that would have destabilized Bosnia's government. — Emmet Lyons, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Lawmakers from both parties seemed eager at the beginning of the session to institute changes ranging from moratoriums on new developments to rolling back the lucrative tax breaks the state offers to lure facilities to Georgia in the first place. — Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026

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