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abolish
/əˈbɑl.ɪʃ/
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What does abolish mean?
verb
- To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
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verb
- (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈbɑl.ɪʃ/
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To abolish it entirely, as certain fevered reformers propose, would be as difficult as to abolish the precession of the equinoxes.
The attempt to abolish the Gypsy name and manner of life might have been made without the assertion of a palpable absurdity.
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For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.
Cultivate the two varieties of sugar at the nation's expense, just as different varieties of tobacco are cultivated,--you abolish one species of property.
He would have brought with him all the absolutism of the ancien regime, and fresh revolutions would have been necessary to abolish it.