rollback
(noun) reducing prices back to some earlier level
rollback, push back
(noun) the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rollback (countable and uncountable, plural rollbacks)
A return to a prior state by undoing some operation.
A withdrawal of military forces.
(databases) An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
(informal, mechanics' jargon) A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles.
(US, politics) The policy of totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.
• (form of flatbed truck): slide truck
• (politics): regime change
• containment
• dĂ©tente
rollback (third-person singular simple present rollbacks, present participle rollbacking, simple past and past participle rollbacked)
(transitive, computing) Return to the previous state.
• backroll, corkball
Source: Wiktionary
2 January 2025
(adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; “works of all the aforementioned authors”; “said party has denied the charges”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
