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countermand

British pronunciation/kˈa‍ʊntəmˌænd/
American pronunciation/kˈaʊntɚmˌænd/
Countermand
[NOUN]
1

a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command

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[VERB]
MAIN VERB
1

cancel officially

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Examples
1He immediately countermanded Soult’s orders and ordered the army into the three columns for an advance on Charleroi.
2I do a lot of healthy things to commandeer that, to countermand that
3Pentagon intelligence officials describe broad hesitation to go into detail with Mr. Trump about operations against Russia for concern over his reaction and the possibility he might countermand it or discuss it with foreign officials.
4After the Germans broke through at Targu Jiu last week, Romanian General Paraschiv Vasilescu wanted to abandon the region west of the Olt River to make his defense along the river itself, but his decision was countermanded by King Ferdinand, at the request of French Major General Henri-Mathias Berthelot.
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