"abolish" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əˈbɒlɪʃ/ [UK], /əˈbɑl.ɪʃ/ [US], /əˈbɑl.əʃ/ [US] Audio: en-us-abolish.ogg [US] Forms: abolishes [present, singular, third-person], abolishing [participle, present], abolished [participle, past], abolished [past], abolisht [obsolete, participle, past], abolisht [obsolete, past]
enPR: ə-bŏl'ĭsh Etymology: From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French aboliss-, extended stem of abolir, from Latin abolēre (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), and inchoative abolēscere (“to wither, vanish, cease”), probably from ab (“from, away from”) + *olēre (“to increase, grow”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂el- (grow)}}, {{inh|en|enm|abolisshen}} Middle English abolisshen, {{der|en|frm|aboliss-}} Middle French aboliss-, {{m|frm|abolir}} abolir, {{der|en|la|aboleo|abolēre|to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish}} Latin abolēre (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), {{m|la|abolesco|abolēscere|to wither, vanish, cease}} abolēscere (“to wither, vanish, cease”), {{m|la|ab||from, away from}} ab (“from, away from”), {{m|la|*oleo|*olēre|to increase, grow}} *olēre (“to increase, grow”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=abolisht|past2_qual=obsolete}} abolish (third-person singular simple present abolishes, present participle abolishing, simple past and past participle abolished or (obsolete) abolisht)
  1. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. Synonyms: abrogate, annul, cancel, dissolve, nullify, repeal, revoke Translations (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice): afskaf (Afrikaans), ἀναιρέω (anairéō) (Ancient Greek), أَبْطَلَ (ʔabṭala) (Arabic), أَلْغَى (ʔalḡā) (Arabic), يبطل (yebṭel) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), يلغي (yelği) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), abolir (Asturian), abolitu (Basque), касава́ць (kasavácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), скасава́ць (skasavácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), према́хвам (premáhvam) (Bulgarian), отменям (otmenjam) (Bulgarian), abolir (Catalan), suprimir (Catalan), 取消 (qǔxiāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 廢除 (Chinese Mandarin), 废除 (fèichú) (Chinese Mandarin), 廢止 (Chinese Mandarin), 废止 (fèizhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), zrušit (Czech), afskaffe (Danish), afschaffen (Dutch), opheffen (Dutch), abolicii (Esperanto), forigi (Esperanto), aboli (Esperanto), tühistama (Estonian), kaotama (Estonian), lakkauttaa (Finnish), lopettaa (Finnish), abolir (French), supprimer (French), abolir (Galician), გაუქმება (gaukmeba) (Georgian), გაბათილება (gabatileba) (Georgian), abschaffen (German), aufheben (German), καταργώ (katargó) (Greek), καταλύω (katalýo) (Greek), aboli (Haitian Creole), ביטל (bitél) (Hebrew), eltöröl (Hungarian), abolir (Interlingua), abolire (Italian), 止める (yameru) (Japanese), 無くす (nakusu) (Japanese), 廃止する (haishi suru) (Japanese), 打破する (daha suru) (Japanese), ລົບລ້າງ (lop lāng) (Lao), aboleō (Latin), interimō (Latin), whakahorohoro (Maori), whakakāhore (Maori), abolere (Norwegian Bokmål), avskaffe (Norwegian Bokmål), fjerne (Norwegian Bokmål), بوزمق (bozmak) (Ottoman Turkish), znosić (english: a practice) [imperfective] (Polish), znieść [perfective] (Polish), obalać (english: a system) [imperfective] (Polish), obalić [perfective] (Polish), abolir (Portuguese), suprimir (Portuguese), aboli (Romanian), отменя́ть (otmenjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отмени́ть (otmenítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), упраздня́ть (uprazdnjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), упраздни́ть (uprazdnítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), аннули́ровать (annulírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ukidati (Serbo-Croatian), zrušiť (Slovak), abolir (Spanish), suprimir (Spanish), abrogar (Spanish), quitar (Spanish), avskaffa (Swedish), överge (Swedish), förkasta (Swedish), เลิก (lə̂ək) (Thai), ยกเลิก (yók-lə̂ək) (Thai), ยุบเลิก (yoob-lêrk) (Thai), касува́ти (kasuváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), скасува́ти (skasuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), säkibön (Volapük), finidön (Volapük), diddymu (Welsh), בטל מאַכן (botl makhn) (Yiddish), אָפּשאַפֿן (ópshafn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-abolish-en-verb-6zytd6Bc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice': 97 3
  2. (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. Tags: archaic Translations (to destroy): دَمَر (damar) (Arabic), دمر (damar) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), унищожа́вам (uništožávam) (Bulgarian), vernietigen (Dutch), buiten werking stellen (Dutch), détruire (French), vernichten (German), הרס (harás) (Hebrew), 打破する (daha suru) (Japanese), interimō (Latin), aboleō (Latin), destruere (Norwegian Bokmål), tilintetgjøre (Norwegian Bokmål), ødelegge (Norwegian Bokmål), destroçar (Portuguese), arrasar (Portuguese), acabar com (Portuguese), distruge (Romanian), уничтожа́ть (uničtožátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уничто́жить (uničtóžitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ликвиди́ровать (likvidírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), искореня́ть (iskorenjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), искорени́ть (iskorenítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), destrozar (Spanish), dinistrio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-abolish-en-verb-LX273oZ9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'to destroy': 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abolishable, abolisher, abolishment, reabolish, unabolish, unabolished Related terms: abolition, abolitionist

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.",
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          "ref": "2002, William Schabas, The abolition of the death penalty in international law, Cambridge University Press, title",
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          "word": "abrogate"
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          "word": "annul"
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          "word": "cancel"
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        {
          "word": "dissolve"
        },
        {
          "word": "nullify"
        },
        {
          "word": "repeal"
        },
        {
          "word": "revoke"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "afskaf"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔabṭala",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "أَبْطَلَ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔalḡā",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "أَلْغَى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "yebṭel",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "يبطل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "yelği",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "يلغي"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "abolir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "abolitu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kasavácʹ",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "касава́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "skasavácʹ",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "скасава́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "premáhvam",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "према́хвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otmenjam",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "отменям"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "abolir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "suprimir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qǔxiāo",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "取消"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "廢除"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fèichú",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "废除"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "廢止"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fèizhǐ",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "废止"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "zrušit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "afskaffe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "afschaffen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "opheffen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "abolicii"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "forigi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "aboli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "tühistama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "kaotama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "lakkauttaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "lopettaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "abolir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "supprimer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "abolir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gaukmeba",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "გაუქმება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gabatileba",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "გაბათილება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "abschaffen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "aufheben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katargó",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "καταργώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katalýo",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "καταλύω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "anairéō",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "ἀναιρέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "aboli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "bitél",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "ביטל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "eltöröl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "abolir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "abolire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yameru",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "止める"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nakusu",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "無くす"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "haishi suru",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "廃止する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "daha suru",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "打破する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "lop lāng",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "ລົບລ້າງ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "whakakāhore"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nb",
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          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "abolere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "avskaffe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "fjerne"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "bozmak",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "بوزمق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "english": "a practice",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "znosić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "znieść"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "english": "a system",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "obalać"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "obalić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "abolir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "suprimir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "aboli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otmenjátʹ",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "отменя́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otmenítʹ",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
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            "perfective"
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          "word": "отмени́ть"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
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            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "упраздня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "uprazdnítʹ",
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            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "упраздни́ть"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "roman": "annulírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
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            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "аннули́ровать"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "ukidati"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "zrušiť"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "abrogar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "quitar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "avskaffa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "överge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "förkasta"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "lə̂ək",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "เลิก"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "yók-lə̂ək",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "ยกเลิก"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "yoob-lêrk",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "ยุบเลิก"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "kasuváty",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "касува́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "skasuváty",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "скасува́ти"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "vo",
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          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "säkibön"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "finidön"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "diddymu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "botl makhn",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "בטל מאַכן"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "ópshafn",
          "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
          "word": "אָפּשאַפֿן"
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          "text": "And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot.",
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          "ref": "1892, Alfred Tennyson, The Marriage of Geraint",
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          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "ar",
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          "sense": "to destroy",
          "word": "دَمَر"
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          "_dis1": "18 82",
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          "_dis1": "18 82",
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          "roman": "uništožávam",
          "sense": "to destroy",
          "word": "унищожа́вам"
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          "_dis1": "18 82",
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          "sense": "to destroy",
          "word": "vernietigen"
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          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to destroy",
          "word": "buiten werking stellen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "to destroy",
          "word": "détruire"
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          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to destroy",
          "word": "vernichten"
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        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "he",
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          "roman": "harás",
          "sense": "to destroy",
          "word": "הרס"
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          "_dis1": "18 82",
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          "roman": "daha suru",
          "sense": "to destroy",
          "word": "打破する"
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        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to destroy",
          "word": "interimō"
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          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to destroy",
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        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
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          "sense": "to destroy",
          "word": "destruere"
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        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to destroy",
          "word": "tilintetgjøre"
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        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "nb",
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          "sense": "to destroy",
          "word": "ødelegge"
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        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to destroy",
          "word": "destroçar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to destroy",
          "word": "arrasar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to destroy",
          "word": "acabar com"
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        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to destroy",
          "word": "distruge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
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          "roman": "uničtožátʹ",
          "sense": "to destroy",
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          "word": "уничтожа́ть"
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          "_dis1": "18 82",
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          "roman": "uničtóžitʹ",
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          "_dis1": "18 82",
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          "_dis1": "18 82",
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          "sense": "to destroy",
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          "_dis1": "18 82",
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          "roman": "iskorenítʹ",
          "sense": "to destroy",
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          "_dis1": "18 82",
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          "sense": "to destroy",
          "word": "destrozar"
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          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to destroy",
          "word": "dinistrio"
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      "ipa": "/əˈbɑl.ɪʃ/",
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      "ipa": "/əˈbɑl.əʃ/",
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          "word": "abrogate"
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          "word": "annul"
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          "word": "cancel"
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        {
          "word": "dissolve"
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        {
          "word": "nullify"
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        {
          "word": "repeal"
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        {
          "word": "revoke"
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          "ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene",
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        {
          "ref": "1892, Alfred Tennyson, The Marriage of Geraint",
          "text": "His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him.",
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        "(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out."
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    {
      "ipa": "/əˈbɒlɪʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈbɑl.ɪʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈbɑl.əʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/En-us-abolish.ogg/En-us-abolish.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/En-us-abolish.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ə-bŏl'ĭsh"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "afskaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔabṭala",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "أَبْطَلَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔalḡā",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "أَلْغَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "yebṭel",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "يبطل"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "yelği",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "يلغي"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "abolir"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "abolitu"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kasavácʹ",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "касава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "skasavácʹ",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "скасава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "premáhvam",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "према́хвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otmenjam",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "отменям"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "abolir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "suprimir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qǔxiāo",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "取消"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "廢除"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fèichú",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "废除"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "廢止"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fèizhǐ",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "废止"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "zrušit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "afskaffe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "afschaffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "opheffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "abolicii"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "forigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "aboli"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "tühistama"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "kaotama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "lakkauttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "lopettaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "abolir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "supprimer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "abolir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gaukmeba",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "გაუქმება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gabatileba",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "გაბათილება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "abschaffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "aufheben"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katargó",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "καταργώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katalýo",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "καταλύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "anairéō",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "ἀναιρέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "aboli"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "bitél",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "ביטל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "eltöröl"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "abolir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "abolire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yameru",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "止める"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nakusu",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "無くす"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "haishi suru",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "廃止する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "daha suru",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "打破する"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "lop lāng",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "ລົບລ້າງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "aboleō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "interimō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "whakahorohoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "whakakāhore"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "abolere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "avskaffe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "fjerne"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bozmak",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "بوزمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "a practice",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "znosić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "znieść"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "a system",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "obalać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "obalić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "abolir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "suprimir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "aboli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otmenjátʹ",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отменя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otmenítʹ",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отмени́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uprazdnjátʹ",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "упраздня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uprazdnítʹ",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "упраздни́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "annulírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "аннули́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "ukidati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "zrušiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "abolir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "suprimir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "abrogar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "quitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "avskaffa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "överge"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "förkasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lə̂ək",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "เลิก"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "yók-lə̂ək",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "ยกเลิก"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "yoob-lêrk",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "ยุบเลิก"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kasuváty",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "касува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skasuváty",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "скасува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "säkibön"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "finidön"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "diddymu"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "botl makhn",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "בטל מאַכן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "ópshafn",
      "sense": "to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice",
      "word": "אָפּשאַפֿן"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "damar",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "دَمَر"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "damar",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "دمر"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uništožávam",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "унищожа́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "vernietigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "buiten werking stellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "détruire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "vernichten"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "harás",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "הרס"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "daha suru",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "打破する"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "interimō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "aboleō"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "destruere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "tilintetgjøre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "ødelegge"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "destroçar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "arrasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "acabar com"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "distruge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uničtožátʹ",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уничтожа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uničtóžitʹ",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уничто́жить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "likvidírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ликвиди́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iskorenjátʹ",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "искореня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iskorenítʹ",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "искорени́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "destrozar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to destroy",
      "word": "dinistrio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abolish"
}

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