Used in a Sentence

revoke

How to use revoke in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for revoke.

Editorial note

I don't think that "charging for services you said you would charge for" is anywhere near reason enough to revoke a root certificate.

Examples12
Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

the mistake of not following suit when able to do so

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of revoke gathered in one view.

noun

the mistake of not following suit when able to do so

verb

fail to follow suit when able and required to do so

verb

cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for revoke.

noun

the mistake of not following suit when able to do so

verb

fail to follow suit when able and required to do so

Example sentences

1

I don't think that "charging for services you said you would charge for" is anywhere near reason enough to revoke a root certificate.

2

Why do you care about those people?I suspect that in a few more years, you'll revoke their license to occupy your brain and control your path in life.

3

I hope for them Microsoft agrees with their interpretation and won't revoke their signed binaries.

4

Or, barring that, that Tesla reserves the right to revoke the license if you initiate a patent lawsuit against it.

5

So the scary thing is not that companies can arbitrarily revoke an open source license--in fact, they can't.

6

The way I see it is we could revoke that protection and then the seeds wouldn't be developed because it wouldn't be profitable and we'd be stuck with the old stuff.

7

I would love it if Google would revoke Rumblefish's earnings/account in the same fashion that they revoke mom & pop AdSense publishers, like: "Your account has been terminated.

8

How often do you get see governments threatening to revoke the diplomatic status of an embassy for the sake of apprehending a rape suspect?

9

If you license something for free, and people come to rely on that free licensing, they generally have a right to keep using it, even if you change your mind and try to revoke it later.

10

By the time the malice is detected, maybe the network could trace all USD or EUR that was issued by the gateway, and revoke it, suddenly pissing off a lot of users who owns this currency as it would disappear from their wallet.

11

" Many Apps videos have zero views & zero installs so this twice thing is a provable lie- "Once we complete our review of the final entries, we will post our findings here"Will you revoke the 1 Million prize given to an Ex-Salesforce architect who had Demoed this app at a Meet-up 2 weeks before the Open of the Hackathon?

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If you say everyone cannot be educated about every issue, fine, I can "follow" PG's votes on wall street reform and grellas's votes on IP tort reform and Schneier's votes on TSA etc just by copying their votes on those issues into my ballot, a permission which I can revoke at any time or on a vote-by-vote basis, as easy as unfollowing them on VoteTwitter.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use revoke in a sentence?

I don't think that "charging for services you said you would charge for" is anywhere near reason enough to revoke a root certificate.

What does revoke mean?

the mistake of not following suit when able to do so

What part of speech is revoke?

revoke is commonly used as noun, verb.