Fillup vs Abolish - What's the difference?
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An act or process of filling up; a replenishment.
* 1866 , John Wilson, Noctes Ambrosianæ
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 18, author=Jim Motavalli, title=A Self-Serve Station, in Your Garage, work=New York Times
, passage=The disadvantage of slow fillups is somewhat offset by the cost, the equivalent of $1.20 to $1.40 a gallon, Mr. Carr said. }}
To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
* 2002', William Schabas, ''The '''abolition of the death penalty in international law (Cambridge University Press):
(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
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As a noun fillup
is an act or process of filling up; a replenishment.As a verb abolish is
to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice .fillup
English
Noun
(en noun)- We had slyly ordered a few gallons of punch to be brought down to the office, to give a fillup to the worthy workmen at the close of their labors...
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* upfillabolish
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Verb
(es)- Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
- And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot.
- His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him.