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Verb: cancel out  kan-sul awt
  1. Wipe out the effect of something
    "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise"; "The 'A' will cancel out the 'C' on your record";
    - wipe out

Derived forms: cancelling out, cancelled out, cancels out

Type of: do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of

Encyclopedia: Cancel out