rollback noun 7verb 2forms 3 noun7 •A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.The mining industry also had a hand in two other rollbacks. One was a decision to withdraw a Clinton rule that reduced by 80 percent the permissible standard for arsenic in drinking water. — 2001 •A withdrawal of military forces. •An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point). •The strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime, or by totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.During the 1990s the Pope, who played such a central role in the rollback of communism, was one of the few international figures who could be heard speaking out against the new capitalist order. — 2004 •(informal) A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically to carry other vehicles, for use in recovery (wrecking, salvage) or for transporting. •The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward. •An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine. verb2 •To return to the previous state.The server is unstable, we need to rollback the changes. •To reduce thrust without having been commanded to do so. formsrollbacked · rollbacking · rollbacks
