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ABROGATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they abrogate ... he / she / it abrogates
Past simple: abrogated
Past participle: abrogated
-ing form: abrogating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Revoke formally
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "abrogate" is one way to...):
abolish; get rid of (do away with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
abrogation (the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation)
abrogator (an authority or official empowered to abolish or annul or repeal)
Context examples:
In fact, many RhoGEFs were identified based on their transforming activity, which was abrogated upon disruption of their DH domain.
(DH Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
Anti-human GITR MoAb TRX518 blocks the interaction of GITR, found on multiple types of T cells, with its ligand, thereby inducing both the activation of tumor-antigen-specific T effector cells, as well as abrogating the suppression induced by inappropriately activated T regulatory cells.
(Anti-human GITR Monoclonal Antibody TRX518, NCI Thesaurus)
