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abate, abrogate, annul, avoid, cancel, disannul, dissolve, invalidate, negate, null, nullify, quash, repeal, rescind, roll back, strike down, vacate, void
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Last year, the country's Federation of Bar Associations called for Japan's system of capital punishment to be abolished by 2020. — Emiko Jozuka And Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN, "Murderers hanged in Japan's first executions of 2019," 2 Aug. 2019 But the office was created by Congress and can’t be abolished by the president. — Jennifer Epstein, Fortune, "Trump to Nominate John Ratcliffe to Replace Dan Coats as National Intelligence Director," 28 July 2019 So last weekend’s news that they would be abolished was a complete surprise. — The Economist, "Back to the old daysXi Jinping decides to abolish presidential term limits," 1 Mar. 2018 Missing from school, family, voting polls and work, the economic toll struck black families, even as some of the earlier hurdles, like housing discrimination were being abolished by law. — Calvin Schermerhorn, Twin Cities, "Calvin Schermerhorn: Why the racial wealth gap persists more than 150 years after emancipation," 27 June 2019 Those who denounce the very concept of reparations err in focusing solely on slavery, ignoring the multitude of atrocities and abuses visited on black Americans since it was abolished. — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, "Column: Chicago’s place in the reparations debate," 26 June 2019 Wednesday was Juneteenth, the anniversary of that day in 1865 when news reached Texas that Abraham Lincoln had abolished slavery - more than two years earlier. — Arnessa Garrett, Dallas News, "Paxton prosecutors don't get rehearing, Chip Roy's crusade continues, slavery reparations discussed, and Dallas feels fiscal squeeze," 20 June 2019 After the Civil War ended and slavery was abolished, the Africans longed to return to their home in West Africa. — National Geographic, "Last American slave ship is discovered in Alabama," 22 May 2019 In 1972, after the 1-Y classification was abolished, his status changed to 4-F, a permanent disqualification. — Steve Eder, The Seattle Times, "Did a Queens podiatrist help Donald Trump avoid Vietnam?," 26 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'abolish.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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