Kanji
N1 12 strokes Grade 8 freq #698

abolish, obsolete, cessation, discarding, abandon

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

dotted cliff madare

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

disposal; abandonment
abolition; discontinuance
rejected bill (project)
annulment; abolition
total abolition; full phase-out
abolition; elimination
ruin; destruction
discontinuation (of business); closing down
maintenance or abolition (of a system, institution, etc.); existence
scrap wood; waste wood

Example sentences

The factory decided to do away with the old machinery.

They have demanded that all copies of the book be destroyed.

He advocated abolishing the death penalty.

The university decided to do away with this kind of examination.