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lakkauttaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abolish verb To officially end a law, system, or practice.
  • abrogate verb To annul (as a law, decree, ordinance, etc.) by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal.
  • disband verb To break up a group so it no longer exists; to disperse.
  • discontinue verb To stop making, selling, or continuing something.
  • suspend verb To stop something temporarily, meaning to start it again later.

Senses

lakkauttaa is used for these senses in English:

  • abolish To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]
  • abrogate (transitive) To put an end to; to do away with. [First attested in the early 16th century.]
  • close down (ambitransitive) To stop trading as a business.
  • disband (ambitransitive) To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
  • discontinue (transitive) To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying.
  • pull the plug (intransitive, informal) To cease to support; to halt. [with on ‘someone or something’]
  • suspend To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.

abrogate — full definition

  1. verb To annul (as a law, decree, ordinance, etc.) by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal.
  2. verb To put an end to; to do away with.
  3. verb To block a process or function.

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