Abolish synonyms
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Part of speech:
To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.
The definition of eradicate is to pull something out by the roots.
To come to an end; terminate
The definition of abrogate is defined as to end something, especially when some formal step is needed to end it.
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promote (antonym)
To help establish or organize (a new enterprise), as by securing financial backing:
uphold (antonym)
To give moral or spiritual support or encouragement to
(Physics) To participate in annihilation. Used of particles and antiparticles.
To quash is to suppress or put an end to something.
To erase.
confirm (antonym)
To make firm; strengthen; establish; encourage
establish (antonym)
To establish is defined as to start, create or bring about something.
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Obliterate is defined as to utterly and completely destroy or eliminate, or to have a great victory or great success over someone or something.
To withdraw, repeal, rescind, cancel, or annul (a law, permit, etc.)
To judicially declare something to be void either from the date of decree or ab initio.
To extinguish is defined as to put out, put an end to, or to settle a debt.
To exclude from a group or society:
To annul, terminate, or revoke a promise or obligation.
To make invalid; deprive of legal force
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To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
To void or annul a judicial decision, order, and so on, usually on a motion to set aside by the party that is affected detrimentally and based upon some irregularity in the original proceeding.
To excrete body wastes.
outlaw (related)
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To finish is defined as to complete, use up or give the final touches to.
To remove by surgery.
(Obs.) To call back, as from exile
To cancel a contract, whether unilaterally or by mutual agreement and restore both parties to status quo ante (the positions they would have been in if the contract had never existed). See also rescission.
To direct that (a charge) apply to the person receiving instead of making a telephone call.
To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics:
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To prohibit is to forbid someone from doing something or to prevent something from being done.
(Intransitive, UK) to make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground
To remove recorded material from (a magnetic tape or disk, for example):
To force to leave an accustomed or native location.
To turn or tip over; capsize
declare null and void
make null and void
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To extinguish by stamping.
To press between two opposing forces so as to break or injure; put out of shape or condition by pressure; squeeze together; crumple
To come open or unfastened.
To remove or cause to be removed so as to make way for another; supplant
deprive of force
Inhibit is defined as to hold back or keep something from happening.
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make void
Subvert is defined as to overthrow, destroy or undermine.
(Informal) To spend a vacation
To refuse to acknowledge or pay (a debt or obligation)
make an end of
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batter down
destroy (related)
To bring to total defeat; crush
The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. [First attested from the mid 16th century.]
The condition of having been annihilated; utter destruction.
A remedy by which a court calls in, annuls, and retains possession of a void or rescinded written legal document because it may cause unnecessary litigation or make a person’s title to property unclear. For example, a court may call in, annul, and retain possession of a void deed to real estate that a party used to falsely claim title to someone else’s real property, in order to prevent any such claims in the future.
The separation of church and state; the removal of a policy of having an official governing religion.
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The total destruction of something
In ancient Greece, the temporary banishment of a citizen by popular vote
recision
A rescinding or annulling
A terminating or being terminated
The cause or source of ruin, disgrace, or destruction
To dissolve is defined as to become broken up or absorbed by something or to disappear into something else.
To eliminate completely; annihilate.
Kill is defined as to cause to die or to destroy.
To manage to get by; scrape by
continue (antonym)
To carry on; persist in:
institute (antonym)
To establish, organize, or introduce:
support (antonym)
To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
enact (antonym)
To make (a bill, etc.) into a law; pass (a law); decree; ordain
legalize (antonym)
To make legal or lawful; authorize or sanction by law:
To give or get clearance for
To get rid of; eliminate
To give audible encouragement or applause to a contestant or team; cheer.
To kill a living being.
help (related)
To contribute in some way to.
make (related)
To arrange or agree to:
abolition (related)
reinstate (related)
legislate (related)
reintroduce (related)
enforce (related)
reimpose (related)
Synonym Study
- Rescind , revoke , and repeal all describe the setting aside of laws, orders, etc. to rescind an order, revoke a charter, repeal a law
- the law abrogated certain privileges
- Annul and abrogate stress a canceling by authority or formal action the marriage was annulled
- Abolish denotes a complete doing away with something, as a practice, institution, or condition to abolish slavery, to abolish bias
Find another word for abolish. In this page you can discover 105 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for abolish, like: eliminate, eradicate, end, exterminate, do-away-with, abrogate, terminate, promote, uphold, annihilate and quash.