abolish
verb
a bill to abolish the council tax:
put an end to, do away with, get rid of, scrap, end, stop, terminate, eradicate, eliminate, exterminate, destroy, annihilate, stamp out, obliterate, wipe out, extinguish, quash, expunge, extirpate;
annul, cancel, invalidate, nullify, void, dissolve, erase, delete;
rescind, repeal, revoke, overturn;
discontinue, remove, withdraw, retract, countermand, excise, drop, jettison, vitiate, abrogate;
informal axe, ditch, junk, scrub, dump, chop, give something the chop, knock something on the head;
rare deracinate.
▷antonyms retain, create.