Betekenis van abolish In het Nederlands

• 0 to end an activity or custom officially:

  • I think bullfighting should be abolished.

  • National Service was abolished in the UK in 1962.

• 1 to put an end to something, such as an organization, rule, or custom:

  • Massachusetts voters abolished rent control.

• 2 to end an activity, custom, etc. completely or by law or official action:

  • Educationalists have called on the government to abolish tax on computers.

  • The government has pledged to abolish child poverty by 2020.