abolish
verb (used with object)
to do away with; put an end to; annul; make void.
was abolishing
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past progressiveof abolish.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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On Sept. 21, Yeltsin announced he was abolishing Parliament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2018
The next day, though, he left, not of his accord: Nixon announced that he was abolishing the office of the Watergate prosecutor, and that its work would be transferred to the Justice Department.
From The New Yorker ● May 9, 2017
Crackdown in Nigeria Defense Minister General Sani Abacha ousted Nigeria's interim President Ernest Shonekan and announced that he was abolishing virtually all democratic institutions in the country.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of the first items on Crew's agenda when he went to New York, for instance, was abolishing tenure for principals--a change he accomplished only after four years of fighting with bureaucrats and politicians.
From Time Magazine Archive
The shrinking of space and expansion of mind was abolishing East and West, and the two hemispheres had become one exchange and mart of commodities and ideas.
From A Short History of the Great War by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard
