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abolished

  • past participle
    of abolish.
    abolish
    verb (used with object)
    to do away with; put an end to; annul; make void.
  • past tense form
    of abolish.
    abolish
    verb (used with object)
    to do away with; put an end to; annul; make void.

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The elections were the first to be held under Kazakhstan's new constitution, which abolished the senate in favour of a new unicameral legislature and reset term limits that would have otherwise been imposed on Tokayev.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

Roosevelt, a football enthusiast who feared the game might be abolished, summoned leaders from the college football powerhouses of the day—Harvard, Yale and Princeton—to the White House and demanded reform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

They came into force in 2005 and ran until they were abolished in 2012.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Murrill told lawmakers last year that defending the state against these claims consumes an enormous amount of time and resources and that the fund should be abolished altogether.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

It helped lead to passage of the law that abolished the British slave trade in 1807.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis