abolish
verb [T] /əˈbɒl.ɪʃ/
/-ˈbɑː.lɪʃ/ Definition
B2 to end an activity or custom officially: I think bullfighting should be abolished. National Service was abolished in the UK in 1962.Legislation and law-makingForbidding and banning things abolition /ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.ən/ noun [U] › the abolition of slaveryForbidding and banning things
(Definition of abolish verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abolitionist noun
- ban noun
- ban verb
- bar verb (PREVENT)
- blacklist noun
- censorship noun
- clean sth up phrasal verb (BAD BEHAVIOUR)
- curfew noun
- debar verb
- deny verb (REFUSE)
- disallow verb
- nix verb
- off-limits adjective
- outlaw verb
- prohibit verb
- prohibition noun
- proscribe verb
- unauthorized adjective
- veto noun
- veto verb
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