abolish+(verb)

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• abolish — ► VERB ▪ formally put an end to (a practice or institution). ORIGIN Latin abolere destroy …   English terms dictionary

• abolish — a‧bol‧ish [əˈbɒlɪʆ ǁ əˈbɑː ] verb [transitive] LAW to officially end a law, a system for doing something, an organization etc, especially one that has existed for a long time: • Inheritance tax in Bulgaria was abolished in 2005. abolition noun… …   Financial and business terms

• abolish — abol·ish vt: to end the observance or effect of: annul Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. abolish …   Law dictionary

• abolish — verb ADVERB ▪ altogether (esp. BrE), completely, entirely, totally ▪ Some say the tax should be abolished entirely. ▪ virtually ▪ largely …   Collocations dictionary

• abolish — verb /əˈbɒlɪʃ/ a) To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; to end a law, system, custom or institution Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century. b) To put an end to or …   Wiktionary

• abolish — verb the governor never fulfilled his promise to abolish the state income tax Syn: put an end to, get rid of, scrap, end, stop, terminate, ax, eradicate, eliminate, exterminate, destroy, annihilate, stamp out, obliterate, wipe out, extinguish,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• abolish — verb formally put an end to (a practice or institution). Derivatives abolishable adjective abolisher noun abolishment noun Origin ME: from OFr. aboliss , lengthened stem of abolir, from L. abolere destroy …   English new terms dictionary

• abolish — verb (T) to officially end a law, system etc, especially one that has existed for a long time: Slavery was abolished in America in the 19th century. abolition noun (U): calls for the abolition of the monarchy …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• abolish — verb Syn: put an end to, get rid of, scrap, cancel, end, remove, dissolve, stop, ban; informal do away with, ditch Ant: retain, create …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• abolish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. annul, cancel, abrogate; exterminate, wipe out. See nullification, destruction. Ant., establish, reinstate. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. suppress, eradicate, terminate, exterminate, obliterate, do away… …   English dictionary for students

• abolish */*/ — UK [əˈbɒlɪʃ] / US [əˈbɑlɪʃ] verb [transitive] Word forms abolish : present tense I/you/we/they abolish he/she/it abolishes present participle abolishing past tense abolished past participle abolished to officially get rid of a law, system,… …   English dictionary