noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
Transitive use: actively abolishing or eliminating a system, practice, or institution. Often used in formal or legal contexts.
政府はその制度を廃絶する方針だ。
The government plans to abolish that system.
核兵
Calls for the elimination of nuclear weapons are growing.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
Intransitive use: something ceasing to exist or dying out, such as a species, tradition, or practice. Less common than the transitive sense.
その伝統工芸は後継者不足で廃絶した。
That traditional craft died out due to a lack of successors.