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Abolish

//əˈbɑl.ɪʃ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.

    "Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century."

  2. 2
    do away with wordnet
  3. 3
    To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. archaic

    "And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot."

Etymology

From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French aboliss-, extended stem of abolir, from Latin abolēre (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), and inchoative abolēscere (“to wither, vanish, cease”).

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