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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abolish.

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Examples

  • Gourley C, Paige AJ, Taylor KJ, Ward C, Kuske B, et al. (2009) WWOX gene expression abolishes ovarian cancer tumorigenicity in vivo and decreases attachment to fibronectin via integrin alpha3.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles John H. Ludes-Meyers et al. 2009

  • Experimental gene therapy 'abolishes' arthritis pain and lessens joint damage

    May 25th, 2007 2007

  • In my view, that abolishes my duty of allegiance to her or any of her likely successors.

    Hugh Muir's Diary 2011

  • For instance, the 2005 bankruptcy laws have means testing -- only those with below median incomes for their states can file for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, which abolishes all unsecured debt.

    Harlan Green: Elizabeth Warren's Teach-in Harlan Green 2011

  • My plan also abolishes the death tax once and for all, providing needed certainty to American family farms and small businesses.

    My Tax and Spending Reform Plan Rick Perry 2011

  • Irrespective of whether a future theory abolishes the dictotomy between laws and initial conditions, the application of that theory will require a means of identifying particular models of the mathematical structure selected by the theory.

    Lee Smolin and the multiverse Gordon McCabe 2009

  • Wait a minute, if he abolishes the IRS, what agency will collect and distribute the national sales tax.

    Think Progress » Steve King Blows Up, Physically Grabs TP Blogger When Asked About His Justification Of IRS Attack 2010

  • Here, as in so many areas of life and literature, the Internet abolishes secrets and hierarchies, offering universal access to "the best that has been thought and said in the world."

    Literary Allusion in the Age of Google Adam Kirsch 2011

  • "It organizes industry on an enormous, labor-saving scale, and abolishes childish, wasteful competition."

    WANTED: A NEW LAW OF DEVELOPMENT 2010

  • The government also seeks to curb spending by proposing a constitutional amendment that abolishes provincial governments.

    In Summer of Austerity, Italy Tries Third Plan Stacy Meichtry 2011

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