abolish
verb
[ əˈbɒlɪʃ ]
• formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution).
• "the tax was abolished in 1977"
Similar:
put an end to,
do away with,
get rid of,
scrap,
end,
stop,
terminate,
eradicate,
eliminate,
exterminate,
destroy,
annihilate,
stamp out,
obliterate,
wipe out,
extinguish,
quash,
expunge,
extirpate,
annul,
cancel,
invalidate,
nullify,
void,
dissolve,
erase,
delete,
rescind,
repeal,
revoke,
overturn,
discontinue,
remove,
withdraw,
retract,
countermand,
excise,
drop,
jettison,
vitiate,
abrogate,
axe,
ditch,
junk,
scrub,
dump,
chop,
give something the chop,
knock something on the head,
deracinate,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French aboliss-, lengthened stem of abolir, from Latin abolere ‘destroy’.
