self-canceling
adjective
US(alsoselfcanceling);(also mainlyUKself-cancelling,selfcancelling)us/ˌselfˈkæn.səl.ɪŋ/uk/ˌselfˈkæn.səl.ɪŋ/Something that is self-cancelingstopsitself orendsautomatically, without the need foractionby somethingelseor by aperson:
Some of theplanscontainedself-cancelingformulasthatremovedtheelementofrisk.
Theturnsignalsweresupposedto be self-canceling, but weren't.
- The twofactorscanthereforereasonablybetreatedas self-canceling.
- Some of thespeculationwas self-canceling, withnewspaperspredictingquiteoppositeoutcomes.
- Theexperimentused self-canceling mutations toprovethatgeneticcodeis written in words made up of threeletters.
Cancelling and interrupting
- adjourn
- adjourn tosomewhere
- arrest
- break
- callsomeone/somethingoff
- cancellable
- cut
- diversion
- halt
- in midstreamidiom
- kick
- kicksomethinginto touchidiom
- rain
- scratch
- scrub
- shut
- shut(something)off
- Zoom bomb
- Zoombomber
- Zoombombing