abolish synonyms

abolish

v.

suppress, eradicate, terminate, exterminate, obliterate, do away with, eliminate, remove, revoke, annul, abrogate, put an end to, end, finish, extirpate, nullify, set aside, repeal, rescind, reverse, annihilate, abate, supplant, prohibit, quash, squelch, extinguish, cancel, erase, wipe out, disannul, root out, pull up, uproot, disestablish, demolish, invalidate, overturn, overthrow, declare null and void, make null and void, stamp out, crush, undo, throw out, supersede, deprive of force, vitiate, inhibit, make void, dispense with, subvert, vacate, repudiate, make an end of, cut out, batter down, raze; see also destroy 1.

abolish denotes a complete doing away with something, as a practice, institution, or condition to abolish slavery, to abolish bias; annul and abrogate stress a canceling by authority or formal action the marriage was annulled; the law abrogated certain privileges; rescind, revoke, and repeal all describe the setting aside of laws, orders, etc. to rescind an order, revoke a charter, repeal a law

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