(v. t.) To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly.
(v. t.) To put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out.
Example Sentences:
(1) One hundred and twenty-seven states have said with common voice that their security is directly threatened by the 15,000 nuclear weapons that exist in the arsenals of nine countries, and they are demanding that these weapons be prohibited and abolished.
(2) Oxyhaemoglobin (4 microns at 0.35 ml.min-1) infused into the tracheal circulation almost abolished the responses to bradykinin and methacholine.
(3) This difference was abolished by exposure of the slices to propranolol, a beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist.
(4) Hexamethonium abolished vasodilatation in the hindquarters vascular bed only.
(5) The asthma group's fall in FEV1 was also abolished.
(6) When nifedipine was combined with ouabain the elevation of vascular resistance was completely abolished.
(7) Ultraviolet difference spectrophotometry indicates that the inactivated enzyme retains its capacity for binding the nucleotide substrates whereas the spectral perturbation characteristic of 3-phosphoglycerate binding is abolished in the modified enzyme.
(8) In contrast, methysergide, ketanserin and 6-OHDA abolished the antisecretory effect of morphine.
(9) L-NAME abolished B contractions in a dose-dependent fashion.
(10) In contrast, castration during pseudopregnancy did not abolish the secondary peaks.
(11) After methylene blue, the gradient in resting potential across the circular layer was greatly reduced or abolished.
(12) The twitches elicited by 0.1 msec pulses were abolished by tetrodotoxin, but were not reduced by dimethyltubocurarine or by hexamethonium.
(13) Exposure to alloxan completely abolished insulin response to 20 mM arginine, 1.6 mM glucose, and 11.1 mM glucose.
(14) Incubation of sensitized bladder tissue with indomethacin led to an increased force and duration of the contraction while incubation with nordihydroguaiaretic acid combined with pyrilamine reduced histamine release and abolished the contraction.
(15) A 4 base pair mutation in the enhancer sequence shown previously to abolish activity in vivo [Boulet, A. M., Erwin, C. R., & Rutter, W. J.
(16) Nocturnal ST segment changes were abolished in six patients on atenolol, in six patients on nifedipine, and in five patients on isosorbide mononitrate.
(17) This established that the Gly----Glu substitution at amino acid 142 is sufficient to abolish enzymatic activity and to result in the chylomicronemia syndrome observed in these patients.
(18) The detergent lauryl maltoside abolishes respiratory control and proton ejection by cytochrome c oxidase-containing proteoliposomes over a narrow concentration range.
(19) Furthermore, even the action of Lys-5 on the Pseudomonas OM was abolished when the assays were performed in the presence of 150 mM NaCl instead of the low-ionic strength buffer earlier used by investigators studying the effect of polycations on the Pseudomonas OM.
(20) Finally, the uptake was completely abolished by prior mechanical or osmotic destruction of the intima.
Nantes
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Chelsea’s frantic late attempts to add to their defensive ranks have prompted a surprise move for Papy Djilobodji from Nantes in a cut-price £2.7m deal, with the Senegalese likely to prove a stopgap signing before the pursuit of John Stones is renewed in future transfer windows.
(2) The pitch on which Iceland train, favoured in the past by Monaco and Nantes for summer getaways, sits beneath Mont Veyrier and is cocooned a few hundred metres from pristine lakeside beaches and disrobed holidaymakers.
(3) • Cardiff are trying to sign the Nantes striker Filip Djordevic but it is very complicated behind the scenes and no guarantee it will happen.
(4) Just under half of this was his €650,000 home in Nantes and a second home in Britanny.
(5) Eight people were taken into custody during a protest by about 600 people in Nantes, near where protesters had occupied the proposed site of a new airport.
(6) From 1979 to 1988, 8 cases of balanitis xerotica obliterans were histologically demonstrated in children at Nantes University Hospital.
(7) After the summit in April there will be a meeting in Germany in May to discuss some of the details of the accord, then a further conference in Washington DC in May or June hosted by the US, followed by a meeting of local authorities from around the world in Nantes, France, in September, as well as meetings held with the IMF and World Bank, and the UN general assembly in September.
(8) Nantes mayor Sylvain Gilbert told local radio that town firefighters had dealt with a fire on the train when it was parked in the town on Friday night.
(9) The aims of this study were to: a) evaluate the prevalence of Campylobacter pylori (CP) in patients referred to a gastroenterology unit for upper digestive tract endoscopy, b) compare the results of histologic (Warthin-Starry method) and bacteriologic (direct and culture) examinations, c) correlate the presence and abundance of CP with the "activity" of chronic gastritis as assessed by antral and fundic specimens, and d) report the preliminary results of an epidemiological survey in the area of Nantes, France.
(10) The 27-year-old defender signed from Nantes in August , but his solitary appearance to date came in the Capital One Cup at Walsall in September, when he was a late substitute.
(11) Premier League locked in to virtuous circle and likely to stay on its perch | Sean Ingle Read more The 20-year-old, who moved to the Stade Vélodrome last summer from Nantes for £1m, has attracted attention for his performances this season despite his club struggling in mid-table in Ligue 1.
(12) Its mayor, Alain Juppé, an ex-prime minister of France, says: "All major cities that are connected to the TGV have benefited – Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes.
(13) It is why we fight against the dam.” Wildcat protests broke out across France after Fraisse’s death last month, with tear gas used against 600 protesters in Nantes, the scene of a long-running battle against the Notre Dame des Landes airport construction.
(14) Five pedigrees of bipolar patients with at least two bipolar subjects on two generations have been identified in psychiatric departments of Nantes, Montpellier and Challans for linkage studies.
(15) Since diabetes mellitus is a major cause of maternal and perinatal complications, the first results of the serum copper obtained, in Nantes, in diabetic insulin-dependent pregnant women, in the cord blood and in newborns, are presented.
(16) Now, when the Bristol Pound emerges , or when the business-to-business currency SoNantes is introduced for the businesses around the French city of Nantes, commissioned by a former mayor and former French prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, the idea gains further weight for sustainable economic development, rather than just for crisis mitigation.
(17) A ruling by the council of state on Thursday , shortly before Dieudonné embarked on his nationwide tour in Nantes, overturned a decision earlier in the day by a lower court which authorised the show .
(18) Payet, who spent two seasons at Marseille after playing for Nantes, Saint-Étienne and Lille, has 15 caps for France and started in their most recent fixture, a 1-0 friendly defeat in Albania this month.
(19) Perhaps it’s his cheerleading skills: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Alejandro Bedoya leads the Nantes fans in a chant.
(20) A randomized prospective study was carried out on 53 consecutive female breast cancer cases hospitalized at the Centre René Gauducheau, In Nantes (France), with the intent of investigating whether surgical wadding of the axillary fossa with the use of proximate muscular tissue can prevent lymphocele from occurring, and avoid placement of suction drains usually required in conservative management of breast cancer.