to abolish
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4.1
- verb
- /əˈbɑːlɪʃ/
- Activists are working hard to abolish the death penalty in their state.
- abolish slavery
- abolish the law
- abolish the system
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Watch on YouTubeSo it's they didn't propose to abolish nuclear weapons per SE.
- So it's they didn't propose to abolish nuclear weapons per SE.
- The government under COVID laws abolish the right to protest.
- What Americans don't understand that Russia never abolished private property, ever.
- He didn't come to abolish the law.
- They are going to dismantle and abolish the Department of Education.
- She wanted to abolish ICE, but now I guess she doesn't.
- It has to be, it must be abolished.
- Other countries had already abolished slavery, and indeed it took a civil war.
- But I have a much harder time seeing us able to abolish force.
- One, it, it sets a, it, it abolishes DEI departments.
- So no, I'm not calling for abolishing healthcare.
- So I don't, I don't see it being abolished in the South anytime soon.
- Slave slavery has been abolished multiple times by Christian kings.
Examples
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In 1986, the British government abolished physical punishment in the schools it controlled.
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Slavery in Cuba was only abolished completely, however, in 1886.
Academic text (2017) -
OK, so should we try to abolish nuclear weapons?
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What No Child Left Behind did was to abolish school specific targets.
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But I have a much harder time seeing us able to abolish force.
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As you know, I think we should abolish the FBI.
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I'm a part of the largest campaign to abolish the practice completely.
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Your goal, and tell me if I'm wrong, is to abolish the golf courses, right?
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In the Marxist-Leninist vision, the first step toward communism is to abolish private property.
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In Florida, the legislature abolished the newly established penitentiary and stopped work on the state's first public university.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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1.6
To remove or throw away something you do not want
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3.4
Remove someone or something from a competition so they are no longer in it
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4.2
To officially end a rule or restriction
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1.0
To make a ticket, order, or rule no longer valid
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4.3
To cancel a law or rule so it no longer applies
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4.4
To make something illegal
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6.2
Officially stop something from being valid, for example a license
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3.7
Remove something so it is no longer used
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6.6
Remove something harmful completely, for example a disease or pest
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3.0
To end something so it no longer happens
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4.1
To officially end an organization, agreement, or relationship
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7.9
Officially cancel a law, order, or agreement
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6.1
To make a document or agreement have no legal effect anymore
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5.5
End something completely, for example a custom or a debt
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7.2
To make a law or contract have no legal effect
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To officially cancel a law, agreement, or right
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8.1
Forcefully stop something like a protest or rumor
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6.3
Officially say that a law, contract, or marriage is no longer valid
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To make something against the law
To cancel an earlier decision that said something was not valid so it becomes valid again
To officially take away a law or custom
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Etymology
The word abolish comes from the Latin abolēre, built from ab- 'away' and a root meaning 'to destroy' or 'do away with'. You can see ab- in the word absent, and so to abolish a law or practice is to 'take it away' or officially end it.