abolish

verb

Etymology: From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French aboliss-, extended stem of abolir, from Latin abolēre (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), and inchoative abolēscere (“to wither, vanish, cease”).

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

   “Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.”

   “The abolition of the death penalty in international law”

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

   “And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot.”

   “His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him.”