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What does abolish mean?

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Verb
  1. To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
  2. (archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
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In 1997, the House passed a measure to abolish the agency, but the Senate restored its funding.
The Deputy is resigning his seat in the light of the Government's decision to abolish the dual mandate.
They are right in saying that the fairest way for road pricing is to abolish the road fund licence and put the tax on fuel.
If the council can afford to do this, why not simply abolish the charges and remove the new yellow lines?
The movements to abolish the trade and emancipate the slaves gathered momentum.
When the rightist government came in, it decided to abolish this federal position altogether.

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