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Meanings of abolish in English

Portuguese
suprimir
Catalan
abolir
Spanish
eliminar

Do away with.

      suprimir

      To cancel or eliminate officially.

            To annul or rescend.

                  Usage of abolish in English
                  1
                  The government said it had no plans to abolish the current system.
                  BBC
                  2
                  An effort to abolish the law legislatively last year failed, he said.
                  Reuters
                  3
                  However, minute amounts of soluble aggregated species abolish SNARE-dependent bilayer merger completely.
                  Pubmed
                  4
                  Northern Ireland and Scotland have already taken steps to abolish prescription charges.
                  The Guardian
                  5
                  Anything else: Councils will be given the freedom to abolish the right-to-buy.
                  The Guardian
                  6
                  Fine Gael went so far as to promise to abolish 145 quangos.
                  The Irish Times
                  7
                  A lot of people are saying, 'Why don't we abolish the Fed?'
                  Tears of a clown: glenn beck and the tea bagging of america
                  8
                  For example, she did not join attempts to abolish the death penalty.
                  News.com.au
                  9
                  Petitions were frequently made in the churches to abolish the century-used book.
                  Sabbath in Puritan New England
                  10
                  An international coalition has launched a campaign to abolish blasphemy laws worldwide.
                  The Irish Times
                  11
                  In 1985 PPTA members overwhelmingly voted to abolish corporal punishment in schools.
                  Radio NZ
                  12
                  Co.'s decision to abolish exchanges & replacing them with their equivalent numbers.
                  The new yorker
                  13
                  It also prompted a globally-trending social media campaign to abolish the squad.
                  Reuters
                  14
                  Photo: 123rf Tonga's government has been urged to abolish the death penalty.
                  Radio NZ
                  15
                  The Romantics in their return to nature had necessarily to abolish it.
                  English Literature: Modern
                  16
                  The Government's aim was to abolish 100 such agencies during its tenure.
                  The Irish Times
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                  Translations for abolish
                  Catalan
                  abolir
                  Abolish through the time
                  Abolish across language varieties
                  Ireland
                  Common
                  New Zealand
                  Less common
                  United Kingdom
                  Less common
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