破棄
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Meanings
- tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents), destruction
- annulment, cancellation, abrogation, voiding, breaking (e.g. a treaty)
- reversal (of an original ruling on appeal), quashing
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Example sentences
It is not permitted to annul the contract.
The court reversed the original ruling.
The treaty between the two countries was unilaterally abrogated.
Classified documents must be destroyed by appropriate means.
Destroying important documents in order to conceal evidence is considered a serious criminal act.
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