abolish
/əˈbɑl.ɪʃ/ verb B2- To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. · Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
He/she/it abolishes · Past abolished · Past participle abolished · -ing form abolishing
Verb forms
- Base form
- abolish
- He/she/it
- abolishes
- Past
- abolished
- Past participle
- abolished
- -ing form
- abolishing
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“Major Cavalcanti is already one, perhaps; but then, hereditary rank is abolished.”
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