(v. t.) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
(v. t.) To put an end to; to do away with.
Example Sentences:
(1) Although Jeggo's Chinese hamster ovary cells were more responsive to mAMSA, novo still abrogated mAMSA toxicity in the mutant cells as well as in the parental Chinese hamster ovary cells 2,4-Dinitrophenol acted similarly to novo with respect to mAMSA killing, but neither compound reduced the ATP content of V79 cells.
(2) LPS also abrogated the ability of recombinant interferon-gamma (r.IFN-gamma) to enhance macrophage larvicidal activity.
(3) Release of 51Cr was apparently a function of immune thymus-derived lymphocytes (T cells) because it was abrogated by prior incubation of spleen cells with anti-thymus antiserum and complement but was undiminished by passage of spleen cells through nylon-wool columns.
(4) In contrast, insertion of a pre-S(1) sequence between HBcAg residues 75 and 83 abrogated recognition of HBcAg by 5 of 6 anti-HBc monoclonal antibodies and diminished recognition by human polyclonal anti-HBc.
(5) Furthermore, exogenous IL-1, IL-2, IL-4, interferon-gamma, or a rat Con A supernatant failed to abrogate DFMO inhibition.
(6) A T cell was responsible for the suppressive effects on LAK generation because suppression was abrogated by treatment of alloimmune cells with anti-T serum plus complement.
(7) Inhibitors of DC clustering, including trypsin, paraformaldehyde, and tunicamycin, abrogated the ability of DC to support antigen presentation and lectin-mediated proliferation.
(8) Bound fluorescyl ligand, increased ionic strength (0.5 M NaCl) or basic pH (greater than 8.0) abrogated cryoprecipitation.
(9) One of the renal antigens recognized by 2B4.14.1 was identified as Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein (THGP), based on the ability of the antibody to recognize THGP in western immunoblots and the abrogation of immunohistologic reactivity of the antibody by preincubation with purified THGP.
(10) Furthermore, treatment of AC with lysosomotropic agents abrogated thymocyte proliferation induced by PE but not SEB.
(11) Pretreatment with OKT3, together with a monoclonal anti-DR antibody and complement, did not abrogate the T-colony forming capacity.
(12) Resistance of the rat induced by C. liquefaciens to tumor cells was also abrogated by Trypan Blue treatment just 1 day before tumor cell inoculation.
(13) Serum SIRS-inducing activity was abrogated by treatment with proteinase K or boiling, but was not affected by dialysis, acidification to pH 2, or heating to 56 degrees C. This serum factor could be distinguished functionally and antigenically from SIRS and from interferon (IFN) alpha or IFN gamma.
(14) It is shown that while not affecting other mononuclear cells viability, this IT is capable of selectively destroying human monocytes after 24 h exposure thus resulting in the abrogation of monocyte support for PHA reactivity in mononuclear cell preparations.
(15) Tetrodotoxin or nifedipine abrogated the effects of IC, C-Ch and PE but did not influence the effect of gamma-interferon on C2 synthesis.
(16) Preincubation of rIL-1 with a specific antibody abrogated and heat-inactivation destroyed this activity.
(17) This IFN-gamma-mediated suppression was monocyte dependent because it was completely abrogated by monocyte, but not T cell depletion.
(18) In contrast, these responses were both abrogated by hyperpolarization with the K+ ionophore valinomycin.
(19) Dilution of the latter detergent lysate with phosphate buffered saline exhibited no effect on the detection of the two additional components, while further treatment of the lysate with NP-40 buffer abrogated them to be detected.
(20) Release was abrogated by omission of myeloperoxidase or H2O2, heating of MPO, or addition of azide, cyanide, or catalase.
Repeal
Definition:
(v. t.) To recall; to summon again, as persons.
(v. t.) To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law.
(v. t.) To suppress; to repel.
(n.) Recall, as from exile.
(n.) Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.
Example Sentences:
(1) As of July 1987, 10 states have prohibitory laws, five states have grandmother clauses authorizing practicing midwives under repealed statutes, five states have enabling laws which are not used, and 10 states explicitly permit lay midwives to practice.
(2) However, when public disquiet at the crime and social damage caused by alcohol prohibition led to its repeal, Anslinger saw his position as being in danger.
(3) And make no mistake, this is a repeal and a replace of Obamacare.
(4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Lamar Alexander voted yes but has previously expressed concerns about the rush to repeal without a replacement plan.
(5) If you’re a congressional Republican, you consider Obamacare a “failure”, and “repeal and replace” is your mantra.
(6) In May, Maryland became the sixth state in six years to repeal the death penalty; it is the 18th state in total.
(7) Climate change funding should not be disguised as foreign aid funding,” she said, accusing the former government of introducing the now-repealed carbon tax to pay for contributions to the fund.
(8) He has also demanded the carbon tax repeal be made retrospective.
(9) This possibility makes the repeal of the section particularly urgent and the supreme court's suggestion that it needs to be debated in parliament is nothing more than, well, stonewalling.
(10) The opposition said the government’s approach towards the budget debate in this critical parliamentary sitting week was to stack separate proposals into single bills to avoid scrutiny, particularly in the welfare omnibus bills, and to crowd out the agenda with renewed parliamentary debates on carbon- and mining-tax repeals.
(11) Gravett and others who lived through DADT told the Guardian that so much had changed since the repeal, though the past feels unbelievable at times.
(12) Approved: Nebraska voters passed an unusual ballot measure to reinstate the death penalty after state lawmakers repealed it in 2015.
(13) They opposed the first iteration of the House healthcare bill as not going far enough to repeal Obamacare.
(14) But in the short-term it’s better to have something reducing emissions than having nothing.” Palmer, whose senators also voted to repeal the former government’s emissions trading scheme – which is how Australia was left without a climate policy – said he believed Australia would eventually have to move to such a scheme.
(15) The policy wouldn’t officially be repealed until 20 September 2011.
(16) The demonstrators want a national vote on whether or not to repeal the 8th amendment to Ireland’s constitution, which effectively makes the fetus even at early gestation an Irish citizen.
(17) However, in July the coalition government said it had no plans to repeal the act.
(18) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Many progressives consider the self-described farm girl their worst nightmare: a Tea Party radical who wants to privatise social security, curb abortion rights, repeal Obamacare and abolish the Environmental Protection Agency.
(19) Ironically, the law being used to pursue the groups is one from the era of Mubarak, which the government had said it intended to repeal.
(20) The House speaker, Paul Ryan, said that after Congress’s forthcoming weeklong recess, “we intend to introduce legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare”, without giving further details.