Meaning

2 senses
  1. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.

    Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.

    abschaffen, aufheben

    отменя́тьotmenjátʹ, отмени́тьotmenítʹ, упраздня́тьuprazdnjátʹ

    касува́тиkasuváty, скасува́тиskasuváty

  2. (archaic)To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.

    vernichten

    уничтожа́тьuničtožátʹ, уничто́житьuničtóžitʹ, ликвиди́роватьlikvidírovatʹ

More definitions
  • do away with

Examples

78 sentences
  1. Many countries have abolished capital punishment.

    У багатьох країнах смертну кару скасовано.

    ruМногие страны упразднили смертную казнь.

    deViele Länder haben die Todesstrafe abgeschafft.

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  2. We must abolish the death penalty.

    deWir müssen die Todesstrafe abschaffen.

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  3. We should abolish the death penalty.

    ruМы должны отменить смертную казнь.

    deWir sollten die Todesstrafe abschaffen.

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  4. We're fighting to abolish capital punishment.

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  5. When was the death penalty abolished?

    deWann wurde die Todesstrafe abgeschafft?

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice:
Русский
By meaning 2
to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice:
to destroy:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice:
to destroy:

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 formabolish · to abolish
3rd person singularabolishes
Present participleabolishing
Past simpleabolished
Past participleabolished

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyabolish
he, she, itabolishes

Past simpleLesson

all personsabolished

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave abolished
he, she, ithas abolished

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill abolish

Synonyms

9 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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