Cancel and Kill

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Cancel verb - To show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it.

Usage example: canceled the check and wrote a new one

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Kill is a synonym for cancel in erase topic. In some cases you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Cancel".

Kill verb - To show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it.

Usage example: I think that paragraph is irrelevant, so kill it

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Cancel is a synonym for kill in delete topic. Sometimes you can use "Cancel" instead a verb "Kill", if it concerns topics such as destroy.

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

party	cancel party	kill party
time	cancel time	kill time

Each and every multiplier you get is shown when you kill enemies, and often you'll have moments where you cancel a screenful of bullets into a screenful of numbers.

Source: Pinball Scoring
Deadly Upgrade: The Black Swan, a powerful spell that can cancel out Akabara's powers will eventually kill the user whether she fights Akabara or not.

Source: Manga / The Record of a Fallen Vampire
The leprechaun will kill any who touches his gold, but has a weakness to wrought iron and four-leaf clovers (they cancel out his magic).

Source: Film / Leprechaun

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Kill and Cancel. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancel/kill

Cancel & Kill. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancel/kill>.

Kill or Cancel. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cancel/kill.

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