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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He argued some councils were worried about delivering the major reorganisation at the same time as running elections for authorities due to be abolished within two years.
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When Britain abolished slavery, many of the local inhabitants stayed on, numbering in the low thousands across several islands.
But in a move to reassure financial markets and business, Jenrick will promise to reform the OBR, rather than abolish the economic forecaster.
From BBC
The government argued that some councils were worried about the cost of running elections for authorities which are due to be abolished in a major reorganisation of local government.
From BBC
Local Government Secretary Steve Reed had approved delays for the ballots for the councils until 2027 to help deliver a major reorganisation which will see some local authorities abolished.
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