as in abolition
the doing away with something by formal action
the judge's voiding of the decision by the jury sparked public outcry
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as in abolishing
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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as in emptying
to remove the contents of
the seller has promised to void the house of all furniture
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Recent Examples of voiding
Cam Inman, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025
Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The decision sets in motion the process of closing the school once the current academic year ends and voiding its charter contract.
—Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 13 Jan. 2026
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani began his term by voiding all of his predecessor’s executive orders signed after his September 2024 indictment, including several pro-Israel ones.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 Jan. 2026
Moran specializes in benign prostatic hyperplasia, male voiding dysfunction and prostate cancer screening and diagnosis.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
But multiple bettors complained about Novig voiding their winning parlays on Wednesday, raising questions about whether the company is truly peer-to-peer.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 4 Dec. 2025
But the league’s decision to place his salary in an interest-bearing account suggests the NBA might wait until the matter is adjudicated before voiding Rozier’s contract.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
Barrodale does not let either her reader or her main character off the hook with anything as voiding as that.
—Book Marks
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
But the same can’t be said for others in his circle, voiding the win.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
The voiding of his guarantees, as first reported by The Athletic, came with no legislative rebuttal from Aiyuk, who held out the 2024 training camp until agreeing to a four-year, $120 million extension.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025
Verb
The details of voiding the nearly $25 million in guarantees, and virtually ending Aiyuk’s future with the team, were first reported by the Athletic in November.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The decision sets in motion the process of closing the school once the current academic year ends and voiding its charter contract.
—Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 13 Jan. 2026
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani began his term by voiding all of his predecessor’s executive orders signed after his September 2024 indictment, including several pro-Israel ones.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 Jan. 2026
Moran specializes in benign prostatic hyperplasia, male voiding dysfunction and prostate cancer screening and diagnosis.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
But multiple bettors complained about Novig voiding their winning parlays on Wednesday, raising questions about whether the company is truly peer-to-peer.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 4 Dec. 2025
But the league’s decision to place his salary in an interest-bearing account suggests the NBA might wait until the matter is adjudicated before voiding Rozier’s contract.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
Barrodale does not let either her reader or her main character off the hook with anything as voiding as that.
—Book Marks
october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
But the same can’t be said for others in his circle, voiding the win.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for voiding
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Students have often stood on the front lines, be it abolition, women’s suffrage or civil rights.—
Karl W. Bickel,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Feb. 2026
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South Korea has not executed a death-row inmate since 1997, in what is widely seen as a de facto moratorium on capital punishment and popular calls for its abolition.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Success will be measured by progress toward abolishing property taxes, restoring public trust, improving infrastructure reliability, reducing corruption, and overall approval from the people of Texas.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Authoritarian states have learned to insulate themselves from diaspora pressure while simultaneously using emigration as a safety valve, turning potential dissidents into remittance-senders – as Cuba did by abolishing exit visas in 2013.—
Michael Paarlberg,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
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Misoprostol is taken 24 to 48 hours later and works by emptying the uterus.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Feb. 2026
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Philadelphia led by 28 points in the fourth quarter before emptying the bench.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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City budget data show that about 33 cents of every property tax dollar collected by the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser is actually spent within the city, underscoring the scale of the financial challenge a statewide property-tax repeal would create for Hialeah.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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But the repeal of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, polio, diphtheria, rubeola and tetanus, requires legislative action.—
Ana Goñi-Lessan,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Feb. 2026
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Other recommendations included repealing any crime-free nuisance ordinances around housing, establishing an Office of Immigrant and Refugee Rights and creating a program that diverts young people away from the justice system.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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The controversy might make for good ratings and fundraising appeals, but Congress could address the underlying issue simply by repealing the outdated regulation — or eliminating the Federal Communications Commission altogether.—
Editorial Board,
Washington Post,
18 Feb. 2026
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And don’t forget to care for your dryer, paying particular attention to clearing the vent and ducts of lint.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Feb. 2026
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Amanda Villa, an anthropologist with the Observatory of Isolated Peoples, said Akuntsu women depend on Kanoe men for tasks considered masculine, such as hunting and clearing fields.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Think of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the 9/11 terrorist attacks or the killing of Osama bin Laden a decade later.—
Daniel DePetris,
Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The geckos were found living around karst rock formations — a type of landscape shaped by the dissolution of soluble rock, typically characterized by dramatic caves, crevices and rugged rocky terrain.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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Helping this vulnerable population should garner the same degree of enthusiasm so many on Capitol Hill exerted for canceling student loan debt.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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Here’s the latest news, and what to consider before canceling a trip.—
Jen Murphy,
Outside,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Voiding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voiding. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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