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a⋅bol⋅ish
[uh-bol-ish] 
–verb (used with object)
| to do away with; put an end to; annul; make void: to abolish slavery. |
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < MF aboliss-, long s. of abolir < L abolēre to destroy, efface, put an end to; change of conjugation perh. by assoc. with L abolitiō abolition
1425–75; late ME < MF aboliss-, long s. of abolir < L abolēre to destroy, efface, put an end to; change of conjugation perh. by assoc. with L abolitiō abolition
Related forms:
a⋅bol⋅ish⋅a⋅ble, adjective
a⋅bol⋅ish⋅er, noun
a⋅bol⋅ish⋅ment, noun
Synonyms:
suppress, nullify, cancel; annihilate, obliterate, extinguish; exterminate, extirpate, eliminate. 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.
suppress, nullify, cancel; annihilate, obliterate, extinguish; exterminate, extirpate, eliminate. 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.
Antonyms:
establish.
establish.
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| a·bol·ish (ə-bŏl'ĭsh) tr.v. a·bol·ished, a·bol·ish·ing, a·bol·ish·es
[Middle English abolisshen, from Old French abolir, aboliss-, from Latin abolēre; see al-2 in Indo-European roots.] a·bol'ish·a·ble adj., a·bol'ish·er n., a·bol'ish·ment n. Synonyms: 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. |
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Abolishment
A*bol"ish*ment\ (-ment), n. [Cf. F. abolissement.] The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. --Hooker.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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