INVALIDATING Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

invalidating

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present participle of invalidate

as in abolishing

to put an end to by formal action those nations eventually invalidated their trade agreement

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Recent Examples of invalidating After oral arguments in the spring, the three judges issued a complex decision affirming Carter’s finding of discrimination but overruling his order invalidating UCLA’s lease for its baseball stadium. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Alongside the launch, Anthropic is introducing beta features that allow developers to change available tools mid-conversation without invalidating prompt caches and automatically route flagged API requests to another model. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026 Two years later, the 8th Circuit summarily affirmed an order invalidating a program in Arkansas that allowed students to take voluntary Bible classes during school hours. — Charles J. Russo, The Conversation, 29 June 2026 In invalidating the comparisons, Gorsuch focused on the purpose of the laws aimed at the habitual drunkards of the 18th century. — Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 25 June 2026 The panel of appellate judges disagreed Tuesday, invalidating her order. — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 23 June 2026 Jones said the Virginia Supreme Court is invalidating the will of millions of Virginians who cast their vote in the April 21 election. — Amy Delaura, The Washington Examiner, 8 May 2026 Black voters in Louisiana had hoped the justices would keep on hold until after the November election their decision invalidating a congressional map that includes two majority-Black districts. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 May 2026 And these four friends—who all considered themselves serious scholars—wanted to find a way of invalidating his success. — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026

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The vice president also blasted Nixon, who is in an uphill race to defeat Moody, for supporting defunding the police and abolishing prisons.

— Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Coleman later joins forces with HopesAndDrums for a house mix that calls for abolishing ICE.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of abolishing

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Demolishing universities, assaulting the press, violently resegregating the public sphere, ramming degenerative AI down our throats, incarcerating mere zine makers, the regime is systematically repealing the right to culture.

— Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
In contrast to Democrats, their agenda has included repealing no-excuse absentee balloting, banning the use of ballot drop boxes and instituting stronger voter identification requirements.

— Daniel J. Mallinson, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of repealing

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Customers using Booking’s AI tools are booking somewhat faster, converting at somewhat higher rates, and canceling less often, Steenbergen said, while cautioning that the data remains early stage.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
The White House was warned that canceling TPS for Salvadorans would disrupt construction projects in Washington.

— Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of canceling

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As well as overturning the 2024 standards, the EPA is proposing to roll back its authority to regulate climate pollution from power plants.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Kavanaugh wrote an opinion in 2012 overturning the terrorism conviction of a driver and bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of overturning

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With progress on the full treaty apparently stalled, international negotiations have shifted their focus to discussing responsible behavior in space, such as avoiding the accumulation of space debris.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
In many cases, avoiding a bad decision is even more powerful than wanting to make a good one.

— David Cozzens, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of avoiding

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Both banged off the Tropicana Field catwalk in foul territory, nullifying the catch made on both of them.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
The decision to kill John Connor is daft to the nth degree, effectively nullifying the entire point of the series.

— Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 July 2026

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