 eliminate |
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| 1. | [ verb ] terminate or take out | |
| Synonyms: | get_rid_of do_away_with | |
| Examples: | "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics" |
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| Related terms: | destroy exclude knock_out cancel_out cut_out cut drown snuff_out cut_out decouple decouple obliterate elimination | |
| 2. | [ verb ] do away with | |
| Synonyms: | rid_of obviate | |
| Related terms: | necessitate preclude obviation | |
| 3. | [ verb ] kill in large numbers | |
| Synonyms: | eradicate annihilate wipe_out decimate carry_off extinguish | |
| Examples: | "the plague wiped out an entire population" |
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| Related terms: | kill decimate annihilation annihilation decimation annihilator | |
| 4. | [ verb ] eliminate from the body | |
| Synonyms: | egest pass excrete | |
| Examples: | "Pass a kidney stone" |
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| Related terms: | discharge sweat exude defecate vomit make evacuate urinate passage elimination | |
| 5. | [ verb ] dismiss from consideration | |
| Synonyms: | rule_out reject | |
| Examples: | "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi" "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" |
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| 6. | [ verb ] remove from a contest or race | |
| Examples: | "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race" |
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| Related terms: | beat | |
| 7. | [ verb ] remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations | |
| Related terms: | remove mathematics | |
| 8. | [ verb ] excrete or discharge from the body | |
| Synonyms: | void empty evacuate | |
| Related terms: | discharge excrete suction emptying elimination defecator | |
| Similar spelling: |
eliminator elimination elmont Elamin element elements elemental Ellman elementary element_107 element_106 element_105 element_104 El_Nino |
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