annuls

verb

present tense third-person singular of annul
1
as in offsets
to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective unfortunately, his arrogant attitude annuls the many generous favors he does for people

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2
as in abolishes
to put an end to by formal action plans to annul their short-lived, ill-advised marriage

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Recent Examples of annuls The Monitor's View Just before a big election, the top court annuls a ban on two Israeli Arab parties. — The Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for annuls
  1. offsets
  2. abolishes
  3. corrects
  4. repeals
  5. neutralizes
  6. cancels
  7. outweighs
Verb
  • At this point, one year of interest income offsets the price decline from a 1% rise in rates.
    — Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • That reflects tourism’s role as a vital economic engine that offsets tax burdens for Overland Park residents, a news release says.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of offsets
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  • The Schengen Area is an agreement between 29 European countries that abolishes passport controls and allows people to travel across European borders without providing documents.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Attorney Monica Restanio, whose arguments in court for the Venezuelan family were responsible for winning the ruling that abolishes the minor issue, said she was thrilled.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 29 July 2026
Definition of abolishes
Verb
  • This story corrects the Yankees’ record in each of the past three seasons.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • IonQ attributes this feat to its dual decoder architecture, where the first decoder extracts the initial syndrome measurements while the second decoder corrects the residual errors after refining the intermediate representation.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of corrects
Verb
  • Florida’s next governor will have the final say over whether the state repeals the law, along with a litany of other gun issues.
    — Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The law also repeals the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act’s senior manager provisions.
    — Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of repeals
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  • Fiber-rich foods like fruits, vegetables and whole grains stimulate saliva, which neutralizes acids and washes away food particles.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Fruits, vegetables and whole grains stimulate saliva production, which neutralizes acids and washes away food particles.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of neutralizes
Verb
  • That largely cancels the trade winds that usually push warm water toward Asia.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Under Department of Transportation guidelines, a traveler is entitled to a refund regardless of the reason if an airline cancels a flight, and the customer chooses not to travel.
    — Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of cancels
Verb
  • In Los Angeles, three weeks of good baseball far outweighs six months of poor performance.
    — Katie Woo, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • In some projections, that extra snow outweighs the ice lost to the warming ocean, and the ice sheet actually grows.
    — Robert Kopp, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of outweighs

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“Annuls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annuls. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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