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abolish

[ uh-bol-ish ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to do away with; put an end to; annul; make void:

    to abolish slavery.

    Synonyms: , , , , , , , ,

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abolish

/ əˈɒɪʃ /

verb

  1. tr to do away with (laws, regulations, customs, etc); put an end to
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDZ, noun
  • ˈDZ󲹲, adjective
  • ˈDZ󳾱Գ, noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of abolish1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Middle French aboliss-, long stem of abolir, from Latin DZŧ “to destroy, efface”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of abolish1

C15: from Old French aboliss- (lengthened stem of abolir ), ultimately from Latin DZŧ to destroy
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Synonym Study

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.
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Example Sentences

But with one House seat abolished, if Labor loses just two seats at this election it will be stripped of its majority in parliament.

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The government has already announced big cuts to the welfare bill as well as plans to cut the civil service and abolish several quangos including NHS England.

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And I’d like to make it explicit: The President and the White House—it’s within their authority to immediately issue an executive order to abolish critical-race-theory training from the federal government.

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"Both sides are, for different reasons, overstating the importance of downsizing or abolishing the department, and neither side is paying as much attention to the stuff that would really fundamentally change federal education," he added.

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Efforts by Doge to slash federal spending and radically restructure - or simply abolish - many government agencies have been overseen by tech billionaire Elon Musk.

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