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Repeal

/rɪˈpil/
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(verb) To cancel, invalidate, annul.

The Republicans want to repeal Obamacare.
I think they should repeal that law.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The campaign sought to ____ the outdated law that had been on the books for over a century.

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