a·bol·ish
əˈbäliSH/
verb
verb: abolish; 3rd person present: abolishes; past tense: abolished; past participle: abolished; gerund or present participle: abolishing
əˈbäliSH/
verb
verb: abolish; 3rd person present: abolishes; past tense: abolished; past participle: abolished; gerund or present participle: abolishing
- formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution).
"the tax was abolished in 1977"
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[TD]put an end to, get rid of, scrap, end, stop, terminate, ax, eradicate, eliminate, exterminate, destroy, annihilate, stamp out, obliterate, wipe out, extinguish, quash, expunge, extirpate; annul, cancel, invalidate, negate, nullify, void, dissolve;
rescind, repeal, revoke, overturn;
discontinue, remove, excise, drop, jettison;
informaldo away with, ditch, junk, scrub, dump;
formalabrogate
"the governor never fulfilled his promise to abolish the state income tax"
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