Thesaurus / abolish
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In the meantime, microgrids, like those used in Si2, could benefit off-grid systems in remote communities or energy islands, allowing them to abolish diesel or other carbon-heavy fuels already today.
USE TODAY’S TECH SOLUTIONS TO MEET THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND DO IT PROFITABLYWALTER THOMPSONFEBRUARY 12, 2021TECHCRUNCHAs president, Guerrero officially abolished slavery nationally on Independence Day 1829, but in less than three months, a rebellion chased him out of Mexico City and back to his southern stronghold.
THE PROBLEM OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IN MEXICO TODAY IS ROOTED IN HISTORYJAYSON PORTERFEBRUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe toolkit, a document containing a petition to abolish the three new farm laws introduced by the Narendra Modi government, has been doing the rounds on social media for several days now.
“LENIENT” TO BRUTAL: THE SPECTRUM OF DELHI POLICE ACTION DURING INDIA’S FARMER PROTESTSNIHARIKA SHARMAFEBRUARY 8, 2021QUARTZPassing the Abolition Amendment is one part of abolishing slavery for good.
LOOPHOLES HAVE PRESERVED SLAVERY FOR MORE THAN 150 YEARS AFTER ABOLITIONCAROLINE KISIELJANUARY 27, 2021WASHINGTON POSTDemocrats would need to vote in lockstep to abolish it, and several members have either said they wouldn’t support doing so or have reservations.
WHAT MCCONNELL GOT — AND DIDN’T — ON THE FILIBUSTERAARON BLAKEJANUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAdding them to the roster of free states made possible the 1865 ratification of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery throughout the United States.
WORKING TO END SLAVERY, LINCOLN FOUND POWER — AND LIMITS — IN THE CONSTITUTIONELIZABETH R. VARONJANUARY 22, 2021WASHINGTON POSTExtremists had spent years spreading the false claim that Republicans wanted to abolish slavery and the racial order it sustained.
MITCH MCCONNELL HAS REPEATED STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS’S BIGGEST MISTAKELAUREN HAUMESSERJANUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThree decades later, slavery would also be abolished in the United States, but at a far bloodier price.
JAMAICA’S CHRISTMAS SLAVE UPRISINGSEAN BRASWELLDECEMBER 23, 2020OZYAll that was true before the advent of the 60-vote supermajority requirement, and it will be true if that requirement is abolished.
THE DEFINITIVE CASE FOR ENDING THE FILIBUSTEREZRA KLEINOCTOBER 1, 2020VOXEither the filibuster is a worthy rule that the Senate should honor or it isn’t, and it should be abolished or reformed.
THE DEFINITIVE CASE FOR ENDING THE FILIBUSTEREZRA KLEINOCTOBER 1, 2020VOXWORDS RELATED TO ABOLISH
- abjured
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- annulled
- back out of
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- tramples
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