Antonyms for disestablish
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : dis-i-stab-lish |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪs ɪˈstæb lɪʃ |
Definition of disestablish
- As in abolish : verb do away with or put an end to
- As in displace : verb move, remove from normal place
- You see they want to disestablish everything; but I'm a pretty big landowner here, and I don't want to be disestablished.
- Extract from : « The Portrait of a Lady » by Henry James
- These forcible-feeble reactionaries are much more likely to explode a revolution that will disestablish us.
- Extract from : « Soul of a Bishop » by H. G. Wells
- Besides, what person in his senses would think of trying to disestablish John Backhouse?
- Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- You must not disestablish the Church: you must not even leave the Church: you must stop inside it and think what you choose.
- Extract from : « The Victorian Age in Literature » by G. K. Chesterton
- The great business of the session of 1869 was, of course, the Bill to disestablish and disendow the Irish Church.
- Extract from : « Sixty Years a Queen » by Sir Herbert Maxwell
- It is thought right to disestablish the Church: well, then, let the Clergy go!
- Extract from : « The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 » by David Masson
Synonyms for disestablish
- abate
- abrogate
- annihilate
- annul
- call off
- cancel
- change
- crowd out
- derange
- destroy
- disarrange
- disestablish
- dislocate
- dislodge
- displant
- dispossess
- dissolve
- disturb
- eject
- end
- eradicate
- erase
- evict
- expel
- expulse
- expunge
- extinguish
- extirpate
- finish
- force out
- inhibit
- invalidate
- kill
- lose
- mislay
- misplace
- negate
- nix
- nullify
- obliterate
- overthrow
- overturn
- prohibit
- put an end to
- put kibosh on
- put the kibosh on
- quash
- relegate
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- revoke
- scrub
- set aside
- shift
- squelch
- stamp out
- subvert
- supersede
- suppress
- terminate
- transpose
- undo
- unsettle
- uproot
- vacate
- vitiate
- void
- wipe out
- zap
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