— abolishable , adj. — abolisher , n. — abolishment , n.
/euh bol"ish/ , v.t.
to do away with; put an end to; annul; make void: to abolish slavery.
[ 1425-75; late ME aboliss-, long s. of abolir abolere to destroy, efface, put an end to; change of conjugation perh. by assoc. with L abolitio ABOLITION ]
Syn . suppress, nullify, cancel; annihilate, obliterate, extinguish; exterminate, extirpate, eliminate. ABOLISH, ERADICATE, STAMP OUT mean to do away completely with something. To ABOLISH is to cause to cease, often by a summary order: to abolish a requirement. STAMP OUT implies forcibly making an end to something considered undesirable or harmful: to stamp out the opium traffic. ERADICATE (literally, to tear out by the roots ), a formal word, suggests extirpation, leaving no vestige or trace: to eradicate all use of child labor.
Ant . establish.