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Definition

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The lawyer's license was revoked after being convicted of a felony.

revoked = cancelled (taken back)

They might revoke our license to travel.
Ray Bradbury -- A Sound of Thunder

revoke = cancel (take back)

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

revoked = cancelled (taken back)

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The earlier revision has been revoked.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The information we have says that her passport was revoked years ago, so Fiona is probably still in the UK.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Then his certificate was revoked, and he was sent away.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

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