abolish

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

abol·ish [abolish abolishes abolished abolishing] BrE [əˈbɒlɪʃ] NAmE [əˈbɑːlɪʃ] verb ~ sth
to officially end a law, a system or an institution
•This tax should be abolished.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French aboliss-, lengthened stem of abolir, from Latin abolere ‘destroy’.

Example Bank:
•Some MPs want to abolish the tax altogether.
•Some say the tax should be abolished entirely.
•The new immigration act effectively abolishes quotas on immigrants.
•Over the past six years we have abolished a whole range of direct taxes.
•Slavery was abolished in the US in 1865.
•They outlined the arguments for abolishing the monarchy.

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  establish, set up, found, launch