Used in a Sentence

abolishing

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for abolishing.

Editorial note

I certainly want to know about every illness in advance, even if it means abolishing the insurance system.

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Quick take

To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of abolishing gathered in one view.

verb

To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.

verb

(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for abolishing.

verb

To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.

verb

(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.

Example sentences

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I certainly want to know about every illness in advance, even if it means abolishing the insurance system.

2

Even if we had the mean to, abolishing death would also have dire consequences.

3

Would our society be better off in abolishing all leases just because some landlords become slumlords and exploit their tenants?

4

Probably abolishing timezones is much less of a profound change than it seems to be.

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If there's something we need to evolve, it's the oversight of our institutions, or indeed abolishing some of them.

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It's like Bill Gates being the public face of abolishing the estate tax.

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I don't know about abolishing time zones in the real world, but at least for servers it makes total sense.

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I'm not proposing abolishing the courts, so presumably the highly hypothetical scheme you've just described world be litigated in court.

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And at this point I'm beginning to lean towards the idea of abolishing money altogether (and I'm the market anarchist here).

10

Trust needs to be restored in regulators, rather than abolishing them and being left with so much uncertainty and a playing field ripe for malice.

11

I'm convinced that we can have what's promised by states but under-delivered by abolishing them.

12

What is his incentive for abolishing racism, sexism, etc.?

Quote examples

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So many comments here reflecting ideas from the 2002 book "Abolishing Performance Appraisals - Why They Backfire and What to Do Instead".

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("Fifteen states so far have taken the politically popular step of abolishing parole boards, a vestige of what most Americans regard as a failed system of penal rehabilitation, and last week Gov.

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The man whose life is spent in performing a few simple operations… has no occasion to exert his understanding… He generally becomes as stupid and ignorant as it is possible for a human creature to become.” If we agree that abolishing forced labor should be our goal, we can start working towards making that possible.

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Just for starters, when I hear "abolish patents," I wonder how this would be any more beneficial to society than, for example, abolishing leases - is it a good answer in dealing with existing abuses to throw out an entire system that may and very likely does serve many good purposes in society?

Proper noun examples

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Abolishing copyright would be a good idea in my opinion, but it wouldn't make proprietary software open source.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use abolishing in a sentence?

I certainly want to know about every illness in advance, even if it means abolishing the insurance system.

What does abolishing mean?

To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.

What part of speech is abolishing?

abolishing is commonly used as verb.