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to void, cancel, or take back — especially to do so in an official manner- The college revoked her admission when she was caught cheating in high school.
revoked = cancelled (took back)
- The lawyer's license was revoked after being convicted of a felony.
- They might revoke our license to travel.Ray Bradbury -- A Sound of Thunder
- I ended up gettin' my license revoked until I'm twenty-one, and a two-year suspended sentence.Sharon M. Draper -- Tears of a Tiger
- If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
- And is there no means of making him revoke his decision?Dumas, Alexandre -- The Count of Monte Cristo
- Revoke thy gift,Shakespeare, William -- King Lear
- — 1 AVOC: Which may not be revoked.Ben Jonson -- Volpone
- In 2011, the federal government revoked Arpaio's authority to identify and detain immigrants.Joshua Davis -- Spare Parts
- The women began to call once more, each raising an arm to revoke the action.Don DeLillo -- White Noise
- Ah, Senora, let me tell you his sentence—the sentence I have had the honor and happiness to revoke for you.Zane Grey -- The Light of Western Stars
- He'd get probation, maybe have his license revoked, but he wouldn't end up behind bars.Nicholas Sparks -- A Bend in the Road
- The earlier revision has been revoked.Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
- The information we have says that her passport was revoked years ago, so Fiona is probably still in the UK.Dave Eggers -- The Circle
- Two days ago, the Secretariat Council voted unanimously to revoke the Vatican's sanction of Opus Dei.Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
- As a result of his new arrest, the judge revoked Terrance's probation and sentenced him to die in prison.Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
- I knew what the man meant; that if the missing slave was found, the postponement would be revoked, the execution take place to-day.Mark Twain -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- Then his certificate was revoked, and he was sent away.John Wyndham -- The Chrysalids
- After failing to induce Fremont to revoke his proclamation voluntarily, Lincoln promptly countermanded it.Richard Hofstadter -- Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth
- If I were to simply revoke all the choices of independence, the world as you know it would cease to exist and love would have no meaning.William P. Young -- The Shack
revoked = cancelled (taken back)
revoke = cancel (take back)
revoked = cancelled (taken back)
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