Abolish

v. t.	1.	To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; - said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly. [imp. & p. p. Abolished ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Abolishing.]
	2.	To put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out. And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot. - Spenser. His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him. - Tennyson.

Verb

1.

abolish - do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia" Synonyms: get rid of Antonyms: establish, found, launch, set up - set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"

abate, annihilate, blot out, bring to naught, countermand, counterorder, delete, demolish, deracinate, disallow, disannul, do away with, eliminate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, make void, negate, negative, nullify, override, overrule, quash, recall, recant, renege, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, root out, set aside, stamp out, suspend, terminate, undo, uproot, vacate, vitiate, void, waive, wipe out, withdraw, write off

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