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abolished

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //əˈbɑɫɪʃt// UK //ɐbˈɒlɪʃt// abol·ished

v. to officially end a law, a system, or a custom. It is usually done by a government or a person in power.

v. to formally annul or end a system, practice, or institution. Typically used in legal or political contexts to describe the termination of a long-standing tradition or law.


SIMPLE

The government abolished the tax on fresh fruit last year.

CONTEXTUAL

Many countries have abolished the death penalty in favor of life imprisonment.

COMPLEX

Slavery was abolished in the British Empire in 1833, though the transition to a free labor market was fraught with economic and social challenges.

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The verb is transitive and requires a direct object.

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