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Annulled the sentence, perhaps (6)

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I believe the answer is:

erased

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'annulled' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
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(Other definitions for erased that I've seen before include "Red sea (anag)" , "'Wiped out, deleted (6)'" , "Rubbed out, expunged" , "Obliterated" , "deleted material" .)

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