All 4 Uses of
abolish
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Half the Sky
- But then in the 1780s a few indignant Britons, led by William Wilberforce, decided that slavery was so offensive that they had to abolish it.†
Chpt Intr. *
- Indeed, Saudi Arabia abolished slavery only in 1962, and Mauritania in 1981.†
Chpt 9
- After taking power, Mao brought women into the workforce and the Central Committee of the Communist Party, and he used his political capital to abolish child marriage, prostitution, and concubinage.†
Chpt 12
- Its example ultimately prompted France to abolish slavery in 1848, inspired the American abolitionists and the Emancipation Proclamation, and pushed Cuba to enforce a ban on slave imports in 1867, in effect ending the transatlantic slave trade.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(abolish) eliminate (end, or do away with)