abolish /əˈbɒlɪʃ 
/ ▸ verb [with object] formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution): the tax was abolished in 1977.
– DERIVATIVES abolishable /əˈbɒlɪʃəbl / adjective abolishment /əˈbɒlɪʃm(ə)nt / noun – ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French aboliss-, lengthened stem of abolir, from Latin abolere ‘destroy’.
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