abolish

a·bol·ish

A0019200 (ə-bŏl′ĭsh)tr.v. a·bol·ished, a·bol·ish·ing, a·bol·ish·es 1. To do away with; put an end to; annul: voted to abolish the tax.2. Archaic To destroy completely.

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[Middle English abolisshen, from Old French abolir, aboliss-, from Latin abolēre; see al- in Indo-European roots.]

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a·bol′ish·a·ble adj.a·bol′ish·er n.a·bol′ish·ment n.

abolish

(əˈbɒlɪʃ) vb (tr) to do away with (laws, regulations, customs, etc); put an end to[C15: from Old French aboliss- (lengthened stem of abolir), ultimately from Latin abolēre to destroy] aˈbolishable adj aˈbolisher n aˈbolishment n

a•bol•ish

(əˈbɒl ɪʃ)

v.t. -ished, -ish•ing. to do away with (a law, custom, condition, etc.) completely; put an end to; annul: to abolish slavery. [1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French aboliss-, long s. of abolir < Latin abolēre to destroy, efface, put an end to] a•bol′ish•a•ble, adj. a•bol′ish•er, n. a•bol′ish•ment, n.

abolish

Past participle: abolished
Gerund: abolishing

Imperative
abolish
abolish

Present
I abolish
you abolish
he/she/it abolishes
we abolish
you abolish
they abolish

Preterite
I abolished
you abolished
he/she/it abolished
we abolished
you abolished
they abolished

Present Continuous
I am abolishing
you are abolishing
he/she/it is abolishing
we are abolishing
you are abolishing
they are abolishing

Present Perfect
I have abolished
you have abolished
he/she/it has abolished
we have abolished
you have abolished
they have abolished

Past Continuous
I was abolishing
you were abolishing
he/she/it was abolishing
we were abolishing
you were abolishing
they were abolishing

Past Perfect
I had abolished
you had abolished
he/she/it had abolished
we had abolished
you had abolished
they had abolished

Future
I will abolish
you will abolish
he/she/it will abolish
we will abolish
you will abolish
they will abolish

Future Perfect
I will have abolished
you will have abolished
he/she/it will have abolished
we will have abolished
you will have abolished
they will have abolished

Future Continuous
I will be abolishing
you will be abolishing
he/she/it will be abolishing
we will be abolishing
you will be abolishing
they will be abolishing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been abolishing
you have been abolishing
he/she/it has been abolishing
we have been abolishing
you have been abolishing
they have been abolishing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been abolishing
you will have been abolishing
he/she/it will have been abolishing
we will have been abolishing
you will have been abolishing
they will have been abolishing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been abolishing
you had been abolishing
he/she/it had been abolishing
we had been abolishing
you had been abolishing
they had been abolishing

Conditional
I would abolish
you would abolish
he/she/it would abolish
we would abolish
you would abolish
they would abolish

Past Conditional
I would have abolished
you would have abolished
he/she/it would have abolished
we would have abolished
you would have abolished
they would have abolished

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

abolish - do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"get rid ofcashier - discard or do away with; "cashier the literal sense of this word"abrogate - revoke formallyestablish, found, launch, set up - set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"

abolish

verb do away with, end, destroy, eliminate, shed, cancel, axe (informal), get rid of, ditch (slang), dissolve, junk (informal), suppress, overturn, throw out, discard, wipe out, overthrow, void, terminate, drop, trash (slang), repeal, eradicate, put an end to, quash, extinguish, dispense with, revoke, stamp out, obliterate, subvert, jettison, repudiate, annihilate, rescind, exterminate, invalidate, bring to an end, annul, nullify, blot out, expunge, abrogate, vitiate, extirpate They voted to abolish the death penalty.
do away with found, continue, create, establish, introduce, promote, institute, restore, sustain, revive, authorize, reinstate, legalize, reintroduce

abolish

verb1. To put an end to, especially formally and with authority:abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, invalidate, negate, nullify, set aside, vitiate, void.Law: extinguish.2. To destroy all traces of:annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out.Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to.

Translations

废除

abolish

(əˈboliʃ) verb to put an end to (a custom, law etc). We must abolish the death penalty. 廢除 废除ˌaboˈlition (ӕ-) noun 廢除 废除

abolish

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