abolish

abolish
abolishable, adj.abolisher, n.abolishment, n.
/euh bol"ish/, v.t.
to do away with; put an end to; annul; make void: to abolish slavery.
[1425-75; late ME < MF aboliss-, long s. of abolir < L abolere to destroy, efface, put an end to; change of conjugation perh. by assoc. with L abolitio ABOLITION]
Syn. 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.
Ant. establish.

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