ABOLISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abolish mean? 

• ABOLISH (verb)
  The verb ABOLISH has 1 sense:

1. do away with

  Familiarity information: ABOLISH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABOLISH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they abolish    ... he / she / it abolishes   
Past simple: abolished   
Past participle: abolished   
-ing form: abolishing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Do away with

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

abolish; get rid of

Context example:

Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "abolish"):

cashier (discard or do away with)

abrogate (revoke formally)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

establish (set up or found)

Derivation:

abolishable (capable of being abolished)

abolishment; abolition (the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery))

 Context examples 

This alteration abolishes the enzymatic activity of the cytochrome P450 2D6*38 protein.

(CYP2D6*38 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This alteration abolishes the enzymatic activity of the cytochrome P450 2D6*3 protein.

(CYP2D6*3 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This alteration abolishes the enzymatic activity of the cytochrome P450 2D6*21 protein.

(CYP2D6*21 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This alteration abolishes the enzymatic activity of the cytochrome P450 2D6*20 protein.

(CYP2D6*20 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This alteration abolishes the enzymatic activity of the cytochrome P450 2D6*44 protein.

(CYP2D6*44 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This alteration in amino acid sequence causes an alteration of the 3D protein structure in close vicinity to the active site that abolishes the enzymatic activity of the cytochrome P450 2D6*7 protein.

(CYP2D6*7 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations in the JAK3 gene which abolish the tyrosine-protein kinase activity of its protein product cause autosomal severe combined immunodeficiency disease.

(JAK3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Galanin is an important neuromodulator, a 30-amino acid non-C-terminally amidated peptide that potently stimulates growth hormone secretion, inhibits cardiac vagal slowing of heart rate, abolishes sinus arrhythmia, and inhibits postprandial gastrointestinal motility.

(Galanin Receptor 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Functional mutations in the CYP7A1 gene that decrease or abolish the enzymatic activity of the cytochrome P450 7A1 protein are associated with elevated levels of low density lipoprotein.

(CYP7A1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The resulting alteration in protein sequence almost completely abolishes the enzymatic activity of the cytochrome P450 3A5*10 protein.

(CYP3A5*10 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)