abolish

tr.v., -ished, -ish·ing, -ish·es.

1. To do away with; annul.
2. To destroy completely.

[Middle English abolisshen, from Old French abolir, aboliss-, from Latin abolēre.]

abolishable a·bol'ish·a·ble adj.
abolisher a·bol'ish·er n.
abolishment a·bol'ish·ment n.

SYNONYMS  abolish, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, eradicate, obliterate. These verbs mean to get rid of: voted to abolish the tax; exterminated the cockroaches in the house; criticism that extinguished my enthusiasm; policies that attempt to extirpate drug abuse; scientists working to eradicate deadly diseases; a magnet that obliterated the data on the floppy disk.

verb

1. To put an end to, especially formally and with authority: abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, invalidate, negate, nullify, set aside, vitiate, void. Law extinguish. See continue/stop/pause.
2. To destroy all traces of: annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root, rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to. See help/harm/harmless, make/unmake.

v

Definition: do away with or put an end to
Antonyms: confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, legalize, promote, ratify, support, uphold

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To repeal, recall, or revoke, to cancel and eliminate entirely. Refers especially to things of a permanent nature such as institutions, customs, and usages, as in the abolition of slavery by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

IN BRIEF: To do away with; to get rid of completely.

. . . whenever any form of government becomes destructive . . . it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it... — Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826); American statesman; third U.S. president (1801-1809); wrote Declaration of Independence

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - afskaffe, ophæve, nedlægge

Nederlands (Dutch)
afschaffen

Français (French)
v. tr. - abolir, supprimer, abolir (la peine de mort), (Jur) abolir, abroger

Deutsch (German)
v. - abschaffen, aufheben, (poet.) zerstören

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καταργώ, ακυρώνω, διαγράφω

Italiano (Italian)
abolire, sopprimere, abrogare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - abolir

Русский (Russian)
отменять, уничтожать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - abolir, anular, eliminar, suprimir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avskaffa, upphäva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
废止, 废除

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 廢止, 廢除

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 폐지하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 廃止する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يبطل, يمحو, يلغي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ביטל, חיסל‬

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