How to Use abolish in a Sentence

abolish

verb

• He is in favor of abolishing the death penalty.
• In 2008, Nepal abolished its monarchy and went to the polls.
  — Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
• This year, Virginia became the first state in the South to abolish the death penalty.
  — NBC News, 16 Dec. 2021
• And around 1974, the laws changed and the ordinance that said you were not allowed to dance in a club was abolished.
  — Daniel Scheffler, Spin, 28 Aug. 2023
• Drew must fight to abolish the tyranny of the Lionlords and reclaim the throne.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2022
• For starters, Macron might reverse his move to abolish the wealth tax.
  — Catherine Poisson, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
• Wisconsin was the first state to abolish the death penalty in 1853.
  — Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2024
• The soon-to-retire justice lost his fight to abolish the death penalty.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 30 Jan. 2022
• In 2023, Illinois became the first state to abolish cash bail.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
• The Greek monarchy was abolished in 1973, after which the last King lived in exile in Britain.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
• After all, Haiti was the first country the world to abolish slavery.
  — Patrick D Bellegarde-Smith, The Conversation, 12 July 2021
• Trump tried to abolish the program in his first term as president and vows to do so again.
  — Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
• In 2019, New York passed a law limiting, but not abolishing, the use of cash bail.
  — Shannon Heffernan, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2024
• Many of them were enslavers, although some were the first in the world to legally abolish African slavery.
  — Gordon S. Wood, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
• The ateliers were set free post the revolutions, the guilds were abolished and there was this enormous growth of the French know-how, a savoir faire.
  — Funmi Fetto, Vogue, 11 June 2024
• Brazil was the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery, in 1888.
  — Ana Ionova, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2023
• Then, Louverture fought against the French to abolish slavery in Saint-Domingue.
  — Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 12 Oct. 2022
• And at least three states have abolished deadlines for people who were abused as children to sue.
  — Maryclaire Dale, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2023
• Of the five states that had a question on the ballot on whether to abolish slavery or not, one one state voted to reject the ban.
  — Bry'onna Mention, Essence, 10 Nov. 2022
• Five states will choose whether to abolish slavery on Election Day.
  — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2022
• Perhaps a crisis will occur, giving us a chance to pack the court, or abolish it.
  — Astra Taylor, The New Republic, 1 Dec. 2022
• This year, Virginia became the first Southern state to abolish the death penalty.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2021
• The election will be the first for a Miami-Dade sheriff since the 1960s, when voters abolished the office.
  — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
• Of the hundreds of attempts to abolish the institution, none came closer than the effort in the wake of the 1968 election.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
• How many of her constituents want to abolish the police and eliminate the police?
  — Eric Shawn, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2022
• But 90% of supporters see it as morally just and don’t want to abolish it in all cases.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2021
• The move to abolish ICE is proving to be equally unpopular in polling over the last four years.
  — Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2022
• New Jersey was the last Northern state to abolish slavery.
  — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 21 June 2021
• But the movement has lacked the votes to persuade Congress to simply rescind the statutes and abolish or curtail such agencies.
  — Charlie Savage, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
• Though the death penalty is abolished in New York, the federal charges put it back on the table as a possible sentence if he is convicted on the federal murder charge.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 15 Mar 2025