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as in repealed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• repealed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• rescinded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

In 2017, Alabama abolished judicial override and stopped allowing judges to change juries' sentencing decision in capital cases. — CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

The practice − called judicial override − was abolished in Alabama in 2017 but the move did not apply to old cases. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026

The colonial latifundium, instead of being abolished by independence, was strengthened, leading to any number of national ills. — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

Norway does not have a coronation for the monarch, as the ceremonies were abolished by parliament in 1908. — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

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

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

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