abolish
To end a law, system, institution, custom or practiceTo end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
» Many countries have abolished capital punishment.
Viele Länder haben die Todesstrafe abgeschafft.
Многие страны упразднили смертную казнь.
У багатьох країнах смертну кару скасовано.
Багато країн скасували смертну кару.
Meaning
2 sensesTo end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
abschaffen, aufheben
отменя́тьotmenjátʹ, отмени́тьotmenítʹ, упраздня́тьuprazdnjátʹ
касува́тиkasuváty, скасува́тиskasuváty
(archaic)To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
vernichten
уничтожа́тьuničtožátʹ, уничто́житьuničtóžitʹ, ликвиди́роватьlikvidírovatʹ
- do away with
Examples
78 sentencesMany countries have abolished capital punishment.
У багатьох країнах смертну кару скасовано.
ruМногие страны упразднили смертную казнь.
deViele Länder haben die Todesstrafe abgeschafft.
We must abolish the death penalty.
deWir müssen die Todesstrafe abschaffen.
We should abolish the death penalty.
ruМы должны отменить смертную казнь.
deWir sollten die Todesstrafe abschaffen.
We're fighting to abolish capital punishment.
When was the death penalty abolished?
deWann wurde die Todesstrafe abgeschafft?
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French aboliss-, extended stem of abolir,From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French aboliss-, extended stem of abolir, from Latin abolēre (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), and inchoative abolēscere (“to wither, vanish, cease”).
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Forms
abolishes, abolishing, abolished, abolished| Base form | abolish · to abolish |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | abolishes |
| Present participle | abolishing |
| Past simple | abolished |
| Past participle | abolished |
regular
Synonyms
9 synonyms- do away with:get rid of
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle