abolish
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Related Words
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.
Other Word Forms
- abolishable adjective
- abolisher noun
- abolishment noun
- unabolishable adjective
- unabolished adjective
- well-abolished adjective
Etymology
Origin of abolish
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Middle French aboliss-, long stem of abolir, from Latin abolēre “to destroy, efface”
Example Sentences
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After many countries around the world abolished capital punishment, Israel is taking steps in the opposite direction.
From BBC
The county council is due to be abolished - along with district councils - in a nationwide shake-up of local government.
From BBC
The reorganisation will see all district and borough councils in Hertfordshire abolished, as well as the county council, and replaced with new unitary authorities that take over all existing services within a given area.
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“They were respectful,” said Janerio Taylor, a longtime Minneapolis activist, who supports abolishing the police department but conceded respect for their efforts handling the scene and working to reduce crime in recent years.
A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: "It is right that IPP sentences were abolished and we have already taken action to support these offenders to move on with their lives."
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