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transitive verb.
1. to put an end to; do away with (a law, institution, or custom) completely.
△Ex. Many people wish that nations would abolish war. Slavery was abolished in the United States in 1865.
(SYN) annul, stop, suppress.
2. (Obsolete.) to destroy.
△Ex. Thus ... shall the Bastille be abolished (Thomas Carlyle).
adj. abolishable.
noun abolisher.
noun abolishment.