Abolish

//əˈbɑl.ɪʃ//

Synonyms for "abolish" (73 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (15)

abrogate abate annihilate annul blot out bring to naught cancel countermand counterorder crush delete demolish

Verb(3 words)

abrogate annul cancel

Strong matches (22)

Related words (36)

murder negate negative nullify obliterate override overrule quash recall recant renege repeal rescind retract reverse revoke rid root out set aside stamp

Show 12 more words

stamp out suspend terminate undo uproot vacate vitiate void waive wipe out withdraw write off

Verb(4 words)

nullify repeal revoke suppress

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

2 entries

remove take away

Antonyms

2 entries

establish

Synonyms

1 entries

abrogate

Related terms

2 entries

abolition abolitionist

derived

6 entries

abolishable abolisher abolishment reabolish unabolish unabolished

related to

12 entries

abolishable abolisher abolition abolitionist custom destroy end institution law practice system wipe out

Translations

114 translations across 47 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

afskaf verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἀναιρέω verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Arabic

4 entries

أَبْطَلَ verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
أَلْغَى verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
دمر verb (to destroy)
دَمَر verb (to destroy)

Asturian

1 entries

abolir verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Basque

1 entries

abolitu verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Belarusian

2 entries

касава́ць verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
скасава́ць verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Bulgarian

3 entries

отменям verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
према́хвам verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
унищожа́вам verb (to destroy)

Catalan

2 entries

abolir verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
suprimir verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

取消 verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
廢止 /废止 verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
廢除 /废除 verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Czech

1 entries

zrušit verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Danish

1 entries

afskaffe verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Dutch

4 entries

afschaffen verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
buiten werking stellen verb (to destroy)
opheffen verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
vernietigen verb (to destroy)

Esperanto

3 entries

aboli verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
abolicii verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
forigi verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Estonian

2 entries

kaotama verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
tühistama verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Finnish

2 entries

lakkauttaa verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
lopettaa verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

French

3 entries

abolir verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
détruire verb (to destroy)
supprimer verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Galician

1 entries

abolir verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Georgian

2 entries

გაბათილება verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
გაუქმება verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

German

3 entries

abschaffen verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
aufheben verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
vernichten verb (to destroy)

Greek

2 entries

καταλύω verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
καταργώ verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

aboli verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Hebrew

2 entries

ביטל verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
הרס verb (to destroy)

Hungarian

1 entries

eltöröl verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Interlingua

1 entries

abolir verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Italian

1 entries

abolire verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Japanese

4 entries

廃止する verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
打破する verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
打破する verb (to destroy)
止める verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Lao

1 entries

ລົບລ້າງ verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Latin

4 entries

aboleō verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
aboleō verb (to destroy)
interimō verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
interimō verb (to destroy)

Macedonian

1 entries

укине verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Māori

2 entries

whakahorohoro verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
whakakāhore verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

abolere verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
avskaffe verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
destruere verb (to destroy)
fjerne verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

بوزمق verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Polish

4 entries

obalać verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
obalić verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
znieść verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
znosić verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Portuguese

4 entries

abolir verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
acabar com verb (to destroy)
arrasar verb (to destroy)
destroçar verb (to destroy)

Romanian

2 entries

aboli verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
distruge verb (to destroy)

Russian

4 entries

аннули́ровать verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
искорени́ть verb (to destroy)
искореня́ть verb (to destroy)
ликвиди́ровать verb (to destroy)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

ukidati verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Slovak

1 entries

zrušiť verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Spanish

4 entries

abolir verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
abrogar verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
destrozar verb (to destroy)
quitar verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Swedish

3 entries

avskaffa verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
förkasta verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
överge verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Tamil

1 entries

ஒழி verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Thai

3 entries

ยกเลิก verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
ยุบเลิก verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
เลิก verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Ukrainian

2 entries

касува́ти verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
скасува́ти verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Volapük

2 entries

finidön verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
säkibön verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Welsh

2 entries

diddymu verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
dinistrio verb (to destroy)

Woiwurrung

1 entries

meleemak verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Yiddish

2 entries

אָפּשאַפֿן verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)
בטל מאַכן verb (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We have to abolish all nuclear weapons, because they are deadly to mankind.

Source: tatoeba (23213)

An overwhelming majority voted to abolish the brutal punishment.

Source: tatoeba (28508)

Lincoln set out to abolish slavery in the United States.

Source: tatoeba (29647)

How can we abolish war?

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