abolishes

The word “abolishes” has 4 syllables: a-bol-ish-es

It's pronounced as /əˈbɑlɪʃɪz/


What is synonym and antonym for abolishes?

In the thesaurus, “abolishes” has 101 synonyms and 53 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for abolishes along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for abolishes

  • abates
  • aborts
  • abrogates
  • annihilates
  • annuls
  • atomizes
  • avoids
  • bans
  • blacks out
  • blasts
  • blots out
  • blows up
  • breaks down
  • calls
  • calls off
  • cancels
  • consumes
  • countermands
  • cuts
  • dashes
  • decimates
  • demolishes
  • destroys
  • devastates
  • devours
  • disallows
  • disannuls
  • discards
  • dismantles
  • dismisses
  • dissolves
  • ditches
  • does away with
  • dooms
  • drops
  • dynamites
  • effaces
  • ejects
  • eliminates
  • enjoins
  • eradicates
  • erases
  • excises
  • expels
  • expunges
  • exterminates
  • extirpates
  • finishes
  • flattens
  • forbids
  • fragments
  • invalidates
  • jettisons
  • kills
  • kills off
  • liquidates
  • negates
  • nullifies
  • nulls
  • obliterates
  • ousts
  • outlaws
  • overrides
  • overrules
  • overturns
  • powders
  • prohibits
  • pulverizes
  • quashes
  • ravages
  • razes
  • recalls
  • rejects
  • removes
  • repeals
  • rescinds
  • retracts
  • reverses
  • revokes
  • rolls back
  • rubs out
  • ruins
  • sets aside
  • shatters
  • smashes
  • splinters
  • strikes down
  • suspends
  • tears down
  • terminates
  • throws out
  • totals
  • vacates
  • vetoes
  • voids
  • wastes
  • wipes out
  • withdraws
  • wrecks
  • writes off
  • zaps

Antonyms for abolishes

  • allows
  • approves
  • authorizes
  • builds
  • clears
  • commands
  • conserves
  • constructs
  • creates
  • decrees
  • enacts
  • endorses
  • establishes
  • fabricates
  • fashions
  • fixes
  • forges
  • formalizes
  • forms
  • founds
  • frames
  • indorses
  • institutes
  • lays down
  • legalizes
  • legislates
  • legitimates
  • legitimizes
  • makes
  • mandates
  • manufactures
  • mends
  • orders
  • passes
  • patches
  • permits
  • prescribes
  • preserves
  • protects
  • ratifies
  • rebuilds
  • reconditions
  • reconstructs
  • renews
  • renovates
  • repairs
  • restores
  • revamps
  • sanctions
  • saves
  • shapes
  • validates
  • warrants

Meanings of abolishes

  • verb
    1. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
    2. To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.

Example Sentences

  • The new law effectively abolishes discriminatory practices in hiring.
  • The committee's decision abolishes outdated regulations that hinder innovation.
  • The university's policy change abolishes the use of single-use plastics on campus.
  • The educational reform abolishes standardized testing as a measure of student achievement.
  • The company's progressive policy abolishes the gender pay gap.

On this page you'll find 154 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to abolishes, such as: abates, aborts, abrogates, allows, annihilates, annuls, approves.

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Related Words

abates

  • abbreviates
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  • does away with
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  • outlaws
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  • vetoes
  • voids
  • wanes
  • weakens
  • whittles
  • withdraws
  • writes off

vacates

  • abates
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  • annihilates
  • annuls
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  • calls
  • calls off
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  • outlaws
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  • rejects
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  • repeals
  • rescinds
  • retracts
  • reverses
  • revokes
  • rolls back
  • scours
  • sets aside
  • strikes down
  • suspends
  • sweeps
  • throws out
  • vetoes
  • voids
  • wastes
  • withdraws
  • writes off

obliterates

  • KO
  • X-out
  • abolishes
  • annihilate
  • annihilates
  • atomizes
  • ax
  • black out
  • blacks out
  • blasts
  • blot out
  • blots out
  • blows up
  • blue pencil
  • bog
  • cancel
  • cancels
  • consumes
  • cover
  • cut
  • cuts
  • dashes
  • decimates
  • defeat
  • delete
  • demolishes
  • destroys
  • devastates
  • devours
  • discards
  • dismantles
  • dissolves
  • ditches
  • do in
  • dooms
  • dynamites
  • efface
  • effaces
  • ejects
  • eliminate
  • eradicate
  • eradicates
  • erase
  • erases
  • excises
  • expels
  • expunge
  • expunges
  • exterminate
  • exterminates
  • extirpate
  • extirpates
  • finish
  • finish off
  • finishes
  • flattens
  • fragments
  • jettisons
  • kill
  • kills
  • kills off
  • knock off
  • knock out
  • level
  • liquidate
  • liquidates
  • mark out
  • nix
  • obscure
  • off
  • ousts
  • powders
  • pulverizes
  • ravage
  • ravages
  • razes
  • root out
  • rub off
  • rub out
  • rubs out
  • ruins
  • scratch
  • scrub
  • shatters
  • shoot down
  • sink
  • smash
  • smashes
  • splinters
  • squash
  • take apart
  • take out
  • tears down
  • terminates
  • throws out
  • torpedo
  • total
  • totals
  • trash
  • wash out
  • waste
  • wastes
  • wipe off face of earth
  • wipe out
  • wipes out
  • wrecks
  • zap
  • zaps

quashes

  • abates
  • abolishes
  • aborts
  • abrogates
  • annihilates
  • annuls
  • avoids
  • bans
  • breaks down
  • calls
  • calls off
  • cancels
  • conquers
  • countermands
  • crushes
  • decimates
  • demolishes
  • desolates
  • destroys
  • devastates
  • disallows
  • disannuls
  • dismisses
  • dissolves
  • does away with
  • dominates
  • douses
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  • drops
  • eliminates
  • enjoins
  • eradicates
  • erases
  • exterminates
  • extinguishes
  • forbids
  • invalidates
  • liquidates
  • negates
  • nukes
  • nullifies
  • nulls
  • obliterates
  • outlaws
  • overcomes
  • overpowers
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  • overrules
  • overturns
  • overwhelms
  • prohibits
  • puts down
  • puts out
  • quells
  • quenches
  • recalls
  • rejects
  • removes
  • repeals
  • represses
  • rescinds
  • retracts
  • reverses
  • revokes
  • rolls back
  • rubs out
  • ruins
  • sets aside
  • silences
  • sits on
  • slaps down
  • smashes
  • smothers
  • squashes
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  • stifles
  • strangles
  • strikes down
  • subdues
  • subjugates
  • suppresses
  • suspends
  • throttles
  • throws out
  • vacates
  • vanquishes
  • vetoes
  • voids
  • wastes
  • wipes out
  • withdraws
  • wrecks
  • writes off

abrogates

  • abates
  • abolishes
  • aborts
  • annihilates
  • annuls
  • avoids
  • bans
  • breaks down
  • calls
  • calls off
  • cancels
  • countermands
  • disallows
  • disannuls
  • dismisses
  • dissolves
  • does away with
  • drops
  • eliminates
  • enjoins
  • eradicates
  • erases
  • forbids
  • invalidates
  • liquidates
  • negates
  • nullifies
  • nulls
  • outlaws
  • overrides
  • overrules
  • overturns
  • prohibits
  • quashes
  • recalls
  • rejects
  • removes
  • repeals
  • rescinds
  • retracts
  • reverses
  • revokes
  • rolls back
  • sets aside
  • strikes down
  • suspends
  • throws out
  • vacates
  • vetoes
  • voids
  • withdraws
  • writes off

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