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- pronunciation:
ba
lihsh
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
abolishes, abolishing, abolished |
| definition 1: |
to do away with; put a stop to; end.
Compulsory military service has been abolished.They argued over whether the death penalty should be abolished.The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 abolished slavery in the British Empire.- synonyms:
- abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, end, invalidate, nullify, remove, repeal, rescind, retract, revoke, terminate, void
- antonyms:
- create, establish, initiate, retain
- similar words:
- blot out, countermand, cut out, dissolve, extinguish, nol-pros, quash, reverse, supersede
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| definition 2: |
to take out of existence.
Some wish to abolish the former leader's name from the history books.- synonyms:
- annihilate, destroy, eliminate, end, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, obliterate, wipe out
- antonyms:
- create, establish
- similar words:
- blot out, demolish, devastate, ravage, subvert, suppress
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| related words: |
abrogate, cancel, efface, eliminate, end, invalidate, kill, liquidate, nullify, overthrow, overturn, repeal, rescind, void |
adverb + (v.)abolish
completely, effectively, formally, legally, officially, totally
(v.)abolish
+ adverb
altogether, entirely, forever, since
(v.)abolish
+ noun
academy,
action,
agency,
apartheid,
army,
ban,
barrier,
board,
boundary,
boxing,
bureau,
caliphate,
capital,
code,
commerce,
commission,
committee,
conscription,
council,
criminal,
currency,
custom,
death,
democracy,
department,
discrimination,
distinction,
divorce,
draft,
entitlement,
entity,
estate,
hierarchy,
hunting,
income,
inequality,
law,
liability,
limit,
ministry,
monarchy,
monopoly,
ownership,
parole,
penalty,
philosophy,
planning,
poverty,
preference,
privilege,
property,
punishment,
quota,
regulation,
rent,
requirement,
restriction,
sanction,
segregation,
slave,
slavery,
statute,
subsidy,
tariff,
tax,
tenure,
trade,
trafficking,
visa,
wage,
weapon,
welfare
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| derivations: |
abolisher (n.), abolishment (n.) |
The word abolish
contains the following part:
ab-, abs-
Latin
prefix
that means from, away from
  More about this word part:
Most words containing the prefix ab-
, abs-
are Latin loanwords, so the bases are Latin roots. ab-
becomes abs-
before bases beginning with "t," such as "tract."
Example words:
abbreviate, abbreviation, abdicate, abduct, aberrant, aberration, abhor, abject, abjure, ablate, ablation, abnormal, abolish, aborigine, abrade, abrasion, abrasive, abrupt, abscond, absence, absent, absolute, absolve, absorb, abstain, abstract, abnegate, abuse, abusive
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