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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•bol•ish /əˈbɑlɪʃ/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to do away with completely:to abolish slavery; abolish a law.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•bol•ish (ə bol′ish),USA pronunciation v.t. - to do away with;
put an end to;
annul;
make void:to abolish slavery.
- Latin abolēre to destroy, efface, put an end to; change of conjugation perh. by association with Latin abolitiō abolition
- Middle French aboliss-, long stem of abolir
- late Middle English 1425–75
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. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: abolish /əˈbɒlɪʃ/ vb - (transitive) to do away with (laws, regulations, customs, etc); put an end to
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French aboliss- (lengthened stem of abolir), ultimately from Latin abolēre to destroyaˈbolishable adj aˈbolisher n aˈbolishment n |