Abolish, eradicate, stamp out mean to do away completely with something. To abolish is to cause to cease, often by a summary order: to abolish a requirement.

How do you use abolish in a sentence?

Abolishment sentence example

The abolishment of slavery marked the beginning of a new era in American history. To prevent shock from such a major change, the school made the abolishment of junk food gradual.

Does abolish mean ban?

As verbs the difference between ban and abolish

is that ban is (obsolete) to summon; call out while abolish is to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice .