abolitionize

 [ab-uh-lish-uh-nahyz]  

ab·o·li·tion·ize

   [ab-uh-lish-uh-nahyz]
verb (used with object), ab·o·li·tion·ized, ab·o·li·tion·iz·ing. (esp. prior to the Civil War)
to convert (persons, a region, a state, etc.) to abolitionism.
Also, especially British, ab·o·li·tion·ise.

Origin:
1835–45; Americanism; abolition + -ize
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Abolitionize has a plethora of syllables.
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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