abolish

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Starting and beginning
be in the first flush ofidiom
be/get in on the ground flooridiom
become
begin
branch out
develop
grow
half-cock
here
here goes!idiom
hit the ground runningidiom
motion
sail in
start (something) off
start on something
start out
start/set/get the ball rollingidiom
starting
the ground floor
wheel

Examples of instituted

instituted

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

In particular, a series of fines were instituted for a range of prohibited activities within reserved forest areas.
A few schools recognized society's need and instituted explicit medical ethics teaching - allocating funds, hiring ethicists, creating departments, and trumpeting their accomplishments.
After the campaign an intensive surveillance system was instituted and physicians were required to notify suspected cases.
These courts instituted a practical codification even when formal textual codes were impossible to produce.
At neighbourhood level, the gang had similarly instituted a veritable regime of terror.
It is instituted not to end life, but to relieve suffering.
In many cases the authorities instituted hereditary family occupations and probably determined patrilineal succession.
We instituted a number of additional controls on the selection of the stimulus set to ensure interpretable results.
Some departments have instituted local protocols in accordance with the guidelines.
There is also exclusion from reimbursement for certain drugs not included in a recently instituted positive list.
Delegates discussed the details of the provision on powers without commenting on the major change that had been instituted.
It was the civil service examination system that was instituted to recruit bureaucrats that fostered litigation masters.
Low-trusting individuals cooperate most when and only when such a framework is instituted.
Other negative freedoms that have been legally instituted include privacy and confidentiality.
As colonial officials instituted an increasingly restrictive program of wildlife management at the turn of the century, they repeatedly encountered popular resentment and resistance.
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