self-cancelling
adjective
mainlyUK(alsoselfcancelling);(USusuallyself-canceling,selfcanceling)uk/ˌselfˈkæn.səl.ɪŋ/us/ˌselfˈkæn.səl.ɪŋ/Something that is self-cancellingstopsitself orendsautomatically, without the need foractionby somethingelseor by aperson:
Some of theschemescontainedself-cancellingformulasthatremovedtheelementofrisk.
Theindicatorsweresupposedto be self-cancelling, but weren't.
- The twofactorscanthereforereasonablybetreatedas self-cancelling.
- Some of thespeculationwas self-cancelling, withnewspaperspredictingquiteoppositeoutcomes.
- Theexperimentused self-cancelling 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
- mothball
- rain
- scratch
- shut(something)off
- stop
- Zoom bomb
- Zoombomber
- Zoombombing