Meaning & use
negated
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Made ineffective or invalid; canceled out or denied the truth of something.
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The referee's penalty negated the team's hard-earned goal.
New evidence negated the original theory about how the fire started.
A note on using this word
Past tense of 'negate.' It is used both for logical or legal invalidation and for one effect simply canceling out another.
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