Cancel
Cancel verb - To destroy all traces of.
Usage example: it seemed as though all honor and decency had been canceled by the war's new moral order
Fix
Fix verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Cackletta also manipulated crazy situations, such as making you fix the plumbing to cancel the castle security system.
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A year later, when Lorne was trying to fix SNL after the network threatened to cancel the show due to low ratings and bad reviews, Hartman became one of the new cast members hired.
Source: Creator / Phil Hartman -
Population Control: In the backstory the decaying Mars tried to fix its overpopulation problem by attempting to mandate abortions and sterilizations, but the resultant revolts will cancel those out.
Source: Video Game / Marathon
Cite this Source
Fix and Cancel. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancel/fix
Cancel & Fix. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancel/fix>.
Fix or Cancel. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancel/fix.
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