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abolishing

verb
Sayuh-BOL-ish-ingUS/əˈbɑl.ɪʃ.ɪŋ/UK/əˈbɒlɪʃɪŋ/

1 meaning of abolishing

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle of abolish.

    The committee is abolishing the outdated dress code next semester.

    Abolishing the entrance fee drew far larger crowds to the museum.

    Note

    One spelling does two jobs here. After be it builds the progressive (the board is abolishing the fee). Used as a noun, it can take a direct object, as in abolishing tariffs, or an of-phrase, as in the abolishing of the fee. Either way it carries the everyday meaning of ending a law, custom or institution. The older sense of physically destroying an object is archaic.

abolishing is a form of abolish

abolish, verb: To formally put an end to a law, system, institution, custom, or practice. Full entry

Forms
abolishabolishes he/she/itabolishing -ing formabolished past tense, past participle
Spelling
abolish → abolishing: add -ing

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