countermand

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coun·ter·mand /ˌkaʊntəˈmɑːnd, ˈkaʊntəmɑːnd $ ˌkaʊntərˈmænd/ verb [transitiveT] formal

PMIGNOREto officially tell people to ignore an order, especially by giving them a different one 撤销〔命令〕〔尤指另给新命令〕

Terrorists tried to force him to countermand the order to attack.

恐怖分子企图迫使他撤销进攻的命令。

Examples from the Corpus

countermand• The magicians may counterfeit, but they can not countermand. 1.• In perhaps their most forceful intervention yet in Hong Kong, Mr Tung's wish was countermanded.• Goldstein was expelled for countermanding a direct order from the supervisor.• If not countermanded by personal courage or other organizational forces, this tendency becomes habitual and self-perpetuating.• Maybe Jaq would send the signal for exterminatus - and that command would already have been countermanded, light years away.• The Grand Duke appeared to be one of them, countermanding orders as fast as they were given.• The excitable Miss Coleman countermanded Rain's directions with inaccurate and unhelpful ones.• The election commission has therefore countermanded voting in several seats and ordered a re-poll in more than 1,000 booths.

From Longman Business Dictionary

countermandcoun·ter·mand /ˌkaʊntəˈmɑːnd, ˈkaʊntəmɑːnd ˌkaʊntərˈmænd/ verb [transitiveT]

to officially tell people to ignore an instruction, order etc

The appeal countermanded a decision by the Federal Transportation Authority that the new system was illegal.

Origin countermand