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"Annul"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkæn.sl̩/Part of speech verb, nounSorted accelnStarts with CEnds with L2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. make invalid for use

Word origin

From Middle English cancellen, from Anglo-Norman canceler (“to cross out with lines”) (modern French chanceler (“to stagger, sway”)), from Old French canceler, from Latin cancellō (“to make resemble a lattice”), from cancellus (“a railing or lattice”), diminutive of cancer (“a lattice”).

Used in a sentence

  • A deed may be avoided by delivering it up to be cancelled; that is, to have lines drawn over it in the form of latticework or cancelli; the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it.
  • He cancelled his order on their website.
  • "I don't know what your agreement was, Herr Professor, but if it had money in it, cancel it. I want him to learn that lesson, too."

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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01Annul6 letters
02Call off6 letters

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