English > abolish: 1 sense > verb 1, social| Meaning | Do away with. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Example | "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia" |
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| Synonym | get rid of |
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| Narrower | abrogate | revoke formally |
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| cashier | discard or do away with |
| Opposite | establish, set up, found, launch | Set up or found |
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| Spanish | abolir, abrogar, derogar, eliminar, suprimir |
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| Catalan | abolir, abrogar, derogar, suprimir |
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| Adjectives | abolishable | capable of being abolished |
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| Nouns | abolition, abolishment | the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) |
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