voided

verb

Definition of voidednext
past tense of void
1
as in abolished
to put an end to by formal action the court's decision voided the will the cashier voided the sale when the customer realized his wallet was at home

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2
as in emptied
to remove the contents of the seller has promised to void the house of all furniture

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Recent Examples of voided If the billionaire tax proposal is approved by voters but this proposal receives more votes, the billionaire tax measure would be voided. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 The decision voided the FTC's provision that commissioners could be removed by a president only for cause, and not because of their political affiliations. — Dan Mangan,luke Fountain,kevin Breuninger,garrett Downs,ashley Capoot,justin Papp, CNBC, 2 July 2026 And Fabian's small news story voided the side of the bets predicting no missile, angering the losers. — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 28 June 2026 His four-year deal originally had $76 million guaranteed, though the Niners voided the 2026 guarantees last summer, and Aiyuk chose not to fight through the NFL Players Association. — Sean Campbell, Mercury News, 9 June 2026 The team will have to decide on Jordan Addison’s future, and Andrew Van Ginkel’s contract is scheduled to be voided after 2026. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 9 June 2026 His four-year deal originally had $76 million guaranteed, though the Niners voided the 2026 guarantees in his contract last summer, which Aiyuk elected not to fight through the NFL Players Association. — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2026 After the Louisiana ruling, Alabama cancelled its May primary in the four affected congressional districts, voided the early votes that had already been cast, and set a new primary for August 11th, with early voting to start on June 17th. — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 Anger swelled last month after a medical school entrance exam was voided over a leak, setting millions back in their careers. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 7 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for voided
  1. abolished
  2. emptied
  3. canceled
  4. cleared
  5. repealed
  6. evacuated
  7. overturned
  8. vacated
Verb
  • In 2014, Pope Francis abolished the future use of the monsignor title — which denotes a specific honor — for most priests.
    — Vivian Wilson, Twin Cities, 8 July 2026
  • Beijing eventually increased the limit to two children in 2015, then abolished the policy entirely in 2021.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 July 2026
Definition of abolished
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  • Dwayne Johnson is a famously big guy, one who has emptied the ocean of cod to fulfill his protein needs and whose workouts could form their own editorial verticals at various men’s magazines.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 July 2026
  • The two exchanged words and the dugouts emptied, but order was quickly restored and no one was ejected.
    — Kyle Glaser, Oc Register, 7 July 2026
Definition of emptied
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  • Broiling conditions have severely tested the continent’s infrastructure, with some trains delayed or cancelled as extreme temperatures risk warping the metal tracks.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
  • During his years in exile, Osip Mandelstam was denied the right to work for any publication or publishing house; translation jobs were cancelled, his writing went unpublished.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of canceled
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  • Hull said the bullet had not been fired and was ejected from an officer’s rifle and that the other people interviewed had been cleared by investigators.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
  • Rookie first-round draft pick Alex Karaban was cleared to make his summer league debut after missing the California Classic due to a right ankle sprain.
    — Jason Anderson July 9, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of cleared
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  • Justices found Yoon violated Cabinet members’ deliberation rights, falsified and destroyed the martial law proclamation, and used security forces to obstruct his arrest before lawmakers swiftly repealed the decree.
    — Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • However, the City Council at the time repealed the measure and called it unworkable.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
Definition of repealed
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  • In Kyiv’s suburb of Vyshneve, about 600 residents were evacuated because of the risk of unexploded munitions, Ukraine’s Emergency Service said.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The parkway was evacuated Saturday evening while droves of people were still in line to enter due to approaching thunderstorms.
    — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of evacuated
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  • The union argued the March judgment is still in effect because no court has put it on hold or overturned it.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
  • The restrictions were overturned late last month following weeks of discussions that led to Anthropic creating additional cybersecurity safeguards for its technology.
    — Lorelei Smillie, Fortune, 9 July 2026
Definition of overturned
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  • Local first-quarter net absorption, the difference between space leased and vacated, and often a sign of turnover, was a negative 179,000 square feet.
    — Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026
  • That action came months after Calvin Duncan, who spent decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated, was elected to the criminal clerk office.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Definition of vacated

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