Synonyms of abolished

abolished

verb

past tense of abolish

1

as in repealed

to put an end to by formal action

the U.S. abolished slavery by constitutional amendment on December 6, 1865

Synonyms & Similar Words

• repealed
• canceled
• overturned
• abrogated
• nullified
• vacated
• avoided
• dissolved
• voided
• annulled
• invalidated
• rescinded
• revoked
• quashed
• dismissed
• negated
• suspended
• abated
• withdrew
• struck down
• set aside
• reversed
• rolled back
• eliminated
• vetoed
• rejected
• disannulled
• nulled
• retracted
• overruled
• removed
• did away with
• outlawed
• banned
• forbade
• prohibited
• countermanded
• erased
• recalled
• overrode
• eradicated
• aborted
• enjoined
• disallowed
• annihilated
• called
• liquidated
• called off
• dropped
• threw out
• broke down
• wrote off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• enacted
• established
• instituted
• founded
• laid down
• legislated
• passed
• approved
• validated
• ratified
• permitted
• authorized
• allowed
• endorsed
• legalized
• sanctioned
• prescribed
• formalized
• ordered
• legitimized
• cleared
• decreed
• legitimated
• mandated
• warranted
• commanded

2

as in eradicated

to destroy all traces of

if only there were a way that we could abolish hatred and intolerance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eradicated
• erased
• destroyed
• obliterated
• expunged
• extirpated
• exterminated
• liquidated
• annihilated
• canceled
• swept (away)
• wiped out
• effaced
• demolished
• stamped (out)
• cleaned (up)
• shattered
• blotted out
• rooted (out)
• dismantled
• killed
• ruined
• blacked out
• discarded
• dissolved
• decimated
• rubbed out
• ravaged
• consumed
• snuffed (out)
• flattened
• devastated
• wrecked
• razed
• wasted
• excised
• terminated
• expelled
• finished
• dashed
• totaled
• smashed
• ejected
• doomed
• fragmented
• mowed (down)
• pulverized
• devoured
• ousted
• powdered
• tore down
• splintered
• atomized
• jettisoned
• blasted
• blew up
• dynamited
• ditched
• killed off
• zapped
• threw out
• cut

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preserved
• protected
• saved
• created
• built
• formed
• constructed
• made
• manufactured
• conserved
• shaped
• restored
• forged
• fashioned
• framed
• fabricated
• fixed
• renewed
• rebuilt
• repaired
• reconstructed
• renovated
• revamped
• mended
• patched
• reconditioned

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of abolished

Alabama has since abolished judicial override, the practice that allowed judges to order the state to kill a person even though a jury of one’s peers requested otherwise. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

Japan has faced growing criticism over its use of the death penalty, as a majority of the international community has abolished capital punishment. — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

In 2015, China also complied with the World Trade Organization ruling against China’s rare-earth export restrictions and abolished its export quota system. — Gloria Xiong, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

While he was supposed to die at the hands of the state, California abolished the death penalty in 1972 — which resulted in his sentence being commuted to life in prison. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026

Fortunately, Gorbachev would drop his objections to SDI in time for both men to sign a landmark treaty in 1987 that abolished all intermediate range nuclear arms in Europe and made the entire world safer. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026

About three-quarters of the world’s nations have abolished the death penalty in law or practice. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026

Some Democratic candidates who won their party’s nomination have called for ICE to be abolished, including progressives in Michigan, Illinois and New Jersey. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026

Murrill told lawmakers last year that defending the state against these claims consumes an enormous amount of time and resources and that the fund should be abolished altogether. — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2026