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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.

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abolish

/ əˈɒɪʃ /

verb

  1. (tr) to do away with (laws, regulations, customs, etc); put an end to

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • abolishable adjective
  • abolisher noun
  • abolishment noun
  • unabolishable adjective
  • unabolished adjective
  • well-abolished adjective
  • ˈDZ noun
  • ˈDZ󲹲 adjective
  • ˈDZ󳾱Գ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of abolish1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Middle French aboliss-, long stem of abolir, from Latin DZŧ “to destroy, efface”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of abolish1

C15: from Old French aboliss- (lengthened stem of abolir ), ultimately from Latin DZŧ 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

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But Lammy insisted Gibraltar would not be joining the Schengen free travel area - 26 European states that have abolished passport control at their mutual border so people can travel freely.

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Charities have called for the cap to be abolished in next week's spending review.

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He was one of the last people to be sentenced to death before capital punishment was abolished in the Republic of Ireland.

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It was them that Yoon appealed to in his campaign pledges, vowing to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, saying it focused too much on women's rights.

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The images are daguerreotypes, a very early form of modern-day photographs and were taken 15 years before the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery.

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