Definizione monolingua

abolish

abolish (third-person singular simple present abolishes, present participle abolishing, simple past and past participle abolished)

1. To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; to end a law, system, custom or institution

   Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.

   • 2002: William Schabas. The abolition of the death penalty in international law. Cambridge University Press.

   In 1846, Michigan became the first jurisdiction to abolish capital punishment permanently.

2. (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.

   And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot. - Edmund Spenser

   His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him. - Alfred Tennyson

Definizione dizionario abolish

	abolire
	to do away with
	Eliminare o sopprimere d'autorità.
	To annul or rescend.

annullare

	abrogare
	To annul or rescend.

	sopprimere
	Eliminare o sopprimere d'autorità.

levare

ritirare

Altri significati:

to destroy

To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; to end a law, system, custom or institution

(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.