Another word for abolish
abolish exterminate extinguish extirpate eradicate obliterateSearch Thesaurus
These verbs mean to get rid of: voted to abolish the tax; exterminated the cockroaches in the house; criticism that extinguished my enthusiasm; policies that attempt to extirpate drug abuse; scientists working to eradicate deadly diseases; a magnet that obliterated the data on the floppy disk.
Another word for abolishverb
To put an end to, especially formally and with authority:abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, invalidate, negate, nullify, set aside, vitiate, void. (Law) extinguish. See continue
To destroy all traces of:annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill1, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root1 (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to. See help, make