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abolish

[ uh-bol-ish ]

verb (used with object)

  1. 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

  1. tr to do away with (laws, regulations, customs, etc); put an end to
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • aˈbolisher, noun
  • aˈbolishable, adjective
  • aˈbolishment, noun
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Other Words From

  • a·bolish·a·ble adjective
  • a·bolish·er noun
  • a·bolish·ment noun
  • una·bolish·a·ble adjective
  • una·bolished adjective
  • well-a·bolished adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of abolish1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Middle French aboliss-, long stem of abolir, from Latin abolēre “to destroy, efface”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of abolish1

C15: from Old French aboliss- (lengthened stem of abolir ), ultimately from Latin abolēre to destroy
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Synonym Study

Abolish, eradicate, stamp out mean to do away completely with something. To abolish is to cause to cease, often by a summary order: to abolish a requirement. Stamp out implies forcibly making an end to something considered undesirable or harmful: to stamp out the opium traffic. Eradicate (literally, to tear out by the roots ), a formal word, suggests extirpation, leaving no vestige or trace: to eradicate all use of child labor.
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Example Sentences

A bill making its way through Parliament would abolish the 92 seats reserved for peers who inherit their titles through their families.

From BBC

Put simply, Ho has provided intellectual scaffolding to Trump’s promise to abolish birthright citizenship by executive order.

From Slate

But Trump just won reelection on a promise to abolish birthright citizenship, and he seems unlikely to elevate a vocal foe of his own plan to the high court.

From Slate

All of this is not to say that Black reformers rejected the idea of staging a political revolution when necessary to abolish entrenched systemic evils.

From Salon

Recall that Douglass, for example, recognized the need for such a break from the existing order to abolish slavery and extend the benefits of the American liberal project to all.

From Salon

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