INVALIDATING Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

invalidating

verb

Definition of invalidating next

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 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 The seven counts include an appeals court decision invalidating a $10-million judgment reached in his courtroom. —

Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 1 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 The judge found that Anthem Blue Cross of California’s lawsuit failed to establish a legal basis for invalidating HaloMD’s arbitration wins against the company. —

Tara Bannow, STAT, 13 Apr. 2026 The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Colorado ban on conversion therapy violates the First Amendment, potentially invalidating other state laws like California’s that have long prohibited the practice as junk science. —

Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026 That can't happen if the Supreme Court hands down a decision invalidating post-election ballot-receipt deadlines after the state's June 2 primaries. —

Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026 The Supreme Court last month delivered a major blow to Trump by invalidating most of his global tariffs, a cornerstone of his economic policy in his second term. —

Meghan Mistry, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026

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Let’s go down memory lane and recall that the 13th Amendment is abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude.

— Ann Marie Luft, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
The Deep is just going through it in this episode, starting with the news that Homelander is abolishing the Seven.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 13 May 2026