Sentence examples for was abolishing from inspiring English sources
verb
To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
- Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
Was abolishing slavery and child labour political correctness gone mad?
The London Stock Exchange announced in July that it was abolishing liquidity rebates.
At the same time, the government declared it was abolishing the office of Lord Chancellor.
The laptop screen seemed to be saying that Vanderbilt, a very fine university, was abolishing intercollegiate sports.
In an interview, the region's governor, Abdul-Wahab Mabrouk, said the government was abolishing many of those sentences in absentia "to make the presence of the police easier".
In September 2014 the chancellor, George Osborne, announced that he was abolishing the so called death tax, the 55% charge payable on an inherited pension pot.
Censorship was abolished.
The Privy Council was abolished.
Business class was abolished.
The hated jizyah was abolished.
But slavery was abolished.
