To throw down, to beat down, destroy, quash. 3 Shars. Bla. Com. 168; Klamath Lumber Co. v. Bamber, 142 P. 359, 74 Or. 287. , To do away with or nullify or lessen or diminish, In re Stevens’ Estate, Cal.App., 150 P.2d 530, 534; to bring entirely down or demolish, to put an end to, to do away with, to nullify, to make void, Sparks Milling Co. v. Powell, 283 Ky. 669, 143 S.W.2d 75, 77.
See, also, Abatement; Abatement and Revival.