abolish

Meaning

1. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
2. To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.

Synonyms

abrogate

cancel

annul

repeal

revoke

destroy

abjure

do away with

remit

get rid of

remove

nullify

rescind

stop

🛑

annihilate

eliminate

suppress

negate

void

eradicate

delete

extirpate

scrap

cease

give up

ruin

exterminate

withdraw

disannul

erase

terminate

cross out

discontinue

abate

strike out

end

🔚

quit

close out

recall

abandon

dispense with

countermand

invalidate

resign

kill

🔪🩸👤

rid

root out

lift

cancel out

cut off

drop

quash

take

take away

axe

🪓

uproot

wind up

finish

wipe out

discard

put an end to

put away

do away

put a stop to

put an end

waste

mishandle

murder

neutralize

nothing

obliterate

obviate

oust

out

override

overrule

overturn

preclude

pull

pulverize

purge

put down

put out

quarter

ravage

recant

refute

reject

release

renounce

revolutionize

rid of

rub out

scratch out

scrub

seize

sign off

smash

snuff out

stem

strike

strike off

strip

substitute

subtract

subvert

take out

trash

trim

undo

unmake

upend

vacate

waive

wipe away

wipe off

wreck

write off

blank out

pull the plug

render futile

render void

click off

ablate

abstract

avoid

ax

ban

blight

bobble

bollix

bollocks

break

break-down

break up

breathe

call in

call it quits

call off

cast aside

catalyze

change

cheese

🧀

clear

clear up

close up

cross off

crush

cull

cut out

defeat

demolish

destruct

devastate

disapprove

disband

disestablish

dispatch

disprove

disrupt

dissolve

draw away

drive away

drive out

edit

efface

eject

eradication

establish

excise

explode

expunge

falsify

fold

forbid

go

harvest

hollow out

instead of

kick

knock off

leave off

liquidate

lodge

lop

lose

mar

mark

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈbɒlɪʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: abolisshen

In summary

From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French aboliss-, extended stem of abolir, from Latin abolēre (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), and inchoative abolēscere (“to wither, vanish, cease”).