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to abolish
01
to officially put an end to a law, activity, or system
Transitive: to abolish a law or system
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
abolish
3rd person singular
abolishes
Present participle
abolishing
Past simple
abolished
Past participle
abolished
Examples
The government decided to abolish the death penalty.
Lexical Tree
abolishable
abolishment
abolition
abolish
