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self-canceling
adjective
US(alsoselfcanceling); (also mainly UKself-cancelling, selfcancelling)us/ˌselfˈkæn.səl.ɪŋ/uk /ˌselfˈkæn.səl.ɪŋ/
Something that is self-canceling stops itself or ends automatically, without the need for action by something else or by a person:
Some of the plans contained self-canceling formulas that removed the element of risk.
The turn signals were supposed to be self-canceling, but weren't.
The two factors can therefore reasonably be treated as self-canceling.
Some of the speculation was self-canceling, with newspapers predicting quite opposite outcomes.
The experiment used self-canceling mutations to prove that genetic code is written in words made up of three letters.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cancelling and interrupting
adjourn
adjourn to somewhere
arrest
break the cycle
broke
dislocation
diversion
halt
in midstreamidiom
interrupt
kick
rain
scratch
scrub
shut
shut (something) off
suspend
suspended game
suspensive
take a break
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