[v] do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"
get rid of
establish, found, launch, set up
abate, abrogate, annihilate, annul, blot out, bring to naught, cancel, countermand, counterorder, delete, demolish, deracinate, destroy, disallow, disannul, do away with, eliminate, end, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, inval