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abolish

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
abolish /əˈbäliSH, əˈbɑlɪʃ /
▸ verb [with object] formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution):
the tax was abolished in 1977.
– DERIVATIVES
abolishable ,abolisher ,abolishment /əˈbäliSHmənt, əˈbɑlɪʃmənt / noun
– ORIGIN late Middle English : from Old French aboliss-, lengthened stem of abolir, from Latin abolere ‘destroy’.