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abolish
[ uh-bol-ish ]
verb (used with object)
- to do away with; put an end to; annul; make void:
to abolish slavery.
Synonyms: eliminate, extirpate, exterminate, extinguish, obliterate, annihilate, cancel, nullify, suppress
Antonyms: establish
abolish
/ əˈbɒlɪʃ /
verb
- tr to do away with (laws, regulations, customs, etc); put an end to
Derived Forms
- aˈbolisher, noun
- aˈbolishable, adjective
- aˈbolishment, noun
Other Words From
- a·bolish·a·ble adjective
- a·bolish·er noun
- a·bolish·ment noun
- una·bolish·a·ble adjective
- una·bolished adjective
- well-a·bolished adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of abolish1
Word History and Origins
Origin of abolish1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
If you call today, Cruz will help to defeat Obamacare; but if you call right now, Cruz will work to abolish the IRS.
The RNC is raising money from grassroots supporters with an ‘Abolish the IRS’ campaign.
Abraham Lincoln used his term as the 16th President of the United States to win the Civil War and abolish slavery.
Ima Matul is a Survivor Organizer for the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST).
Homeschoolers would likely be exempt, then, but we do need to abolish the Classics Major.
Deliver us not up for ever, we beseech thee, for thy name's sake, and abolish not thy covenant.
They also took it upon themselves to abolish approximately one-third of the local jobs created by the Underwood Constitution.
That is, they suffered not the power of Antiochus, that man of sin, to abolish the law and religion of God.
Even in order to abolish these oaths, the going into parliament by swearing any of them, cannot be recommended.
This resolution went, therefore, to abolish the right of peers to vote by proxy.
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