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eliminate

[ih-lim-uh-neyt]

verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.

to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable: to eliminate risks; to eliminate hunger.

to omit, especially as being unimportant or irrelevant; leave out: I have eliminated all statistical tables, which are of interest only to the specialist.

to remove from further consideration or competition, especially by defeating in a contest.

to eradicate or kill: to eliminate the enemy.

Physiology. to void or expel from an organism.

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Mathematics. to remove (a quantity) from an equation by elimination.

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Origin:
1560–70; 1915–20 for def. 4; < Latin ēlīminātus turned out of doors (past participle of ēlīmināre), equivalent to ē- e- + līmin-, stem of līmen threshold + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

e·lim·i·na·bil·i·ty

[ih-lim-uh-nuh-bil-i-tee] , noun

e·lim·i·na·tive, adjective

non·e·lim·i·na·tive, adjective

pre·e·lim·i·nate, verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.

un·e·lim·i·nat·ed, adjective

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well-e·lim·i·nat·ed, adjective

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Synonyms
1, 2. reject.

Antonyms
2. include.

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It really would make it a welfare program which people will want to eliminate rather than sustain.

Eliminate food waste through cooking with leftovers.

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It really would make it a welfare program which people will want to eliminate rather than sustain.

Eliminate food waste through cooking with leftovers.

Video gaming may eliminate the gender gap in spatial skills.

Rine hopes his research will soon yield some applicable results: helping breeders to eliminate genetically linked canine diseases.

Cabbage worms pupate on stems of the plants they eat, making it difficult to eliminate them in the pupal stage.

Researchers are trying to develop a drug that would eliminate menstruation.

Eliminate legacy preferences and you eliminate the debating point.

But the broader point is that you don't need to let the business cycle fully express itself to eliminate moral hazard concerns.

Once they have created a synthetic copy of the bacteria, scientists can begin to eliminate genes to determine which are essential.

Though women may try their darndest to eliminate them, fat deposits on the thighs and buttocks are often there to stay.

We're not going to want to eliminate executive power or even inhibit the president to too great an extent.

Cut back lightly after bloom to eliminate fruit capsules, encourage new leafy growth.

But we're talking about a hardcore muscle car here, and it is good enough to eliminate the gas guzzler tax.

Efforts to eliminate complacency, however, may spark controversy.

Whether computers will indeed start to eliminate more jobs than they create remains to be seen.

Eliminate enough of that rain through clearing, and the remaining trees dry out and die.

There is a neglected aspect to efforts to eliminate poverty: industry.

Difficult to eliminate once established add to my plant list.

Two microphones identify the background noise and eliminate it.

Some college officials want to eliminate pledging because they say it would end the.

But during the cold war both superpowers conspired eagerly to eliminate people they deemed undesirable.

Their goal is to reduce or eliminate air and water pollution in newly designed power plants.

It would also eliminate this plane from flying on the nightside of the world.

Set aside a corner of your yard as a toilet area, and train your pet to eliminate there and nowhere else.

If you can't eliminate shadows, use them creatively.

They have found that bees cannot make an enzyme that other insects use to help eliminate toxins from the body.

The goal is sustained economic growth that can help reduce and eventually eliminate poppy cultivation.

The altered strain was rendered avirulent, because the immune system was able to eliminate the exposed pathogens.

The simple step of mowing high can eliminate a lot of weeds.

Universities should not eliminate the math requirement for all degrees.

But they know that higher inflation expectations, once entrenched, are difficult to eliminate.

Add salt and flour and mix thoroughly to eliminate lumps.

Terrible as these setbacks are, however, they do not eliminate the fundamental appeal of exploration.

By doing this regularly, you can eliminate one lawn feeding or more per year.

Dargent envisions that the seven to ten minutes it takes to use the program will help women eliminate hours of dressing-room time.

Now companies are more demanding, seeking to eliminate both incoming and outgoing inventory.

For added comfort, there's a full terry loop leg and a non-terry vamp to eliminate bulk at the ankle.

As well, they are supposed to do what they can to eliminate possible sources of error in their results.

Eliminate sources of future infection by pruning out all infected twigs and branches and raking up fallen infected leaves.

Nanotech enthusiasts claim the technology will someday cure disease and eliminate pollution.

It is hard to think this gap is sufficient to eliminate the entire overvalaution of the market.

Certain predatory insects may help eliminate the ones that bug you.

Ideally education, and wide spread efforts to eliminate poverty would help a lot.

Scrub bricks with burlap to eliminate any mortar stains.

Thus, you eliminate the post-photo dance where you pat your pockets one by one until you find the cap again.

Refillable or recyclable containers and biodegradable packaging help eliminate overfilling of landfills.

Prune established horsechestnuts only to eliminate dead or damaged wood and any awkward-looking branches.

Nissan's latest concept promises that following fish logic can eliminate traffic jams and collisions.

One of the primary reasons for planting a ground cover is to eliminate weeding.

They wouldn't eliminate each other and might be swept up by the sun.

The point is to increase mechanization and eliminate the need for workers to harvest bunch by bunch.

They eliminate meaningful aeronautics research, and no one screams.

To eliminate any knife work in this menu, press the garlic into the salad dressing.

All of the asymmetry is there to eliminate the asymmetry experienced during an engine failure.

Modest gardens can seem bigger if you eliminate clutter, limit materials, and highlight the details.

If planned carefully, these systems virtually eliminate the problem of uneven water delivery.

And eliminate plants that attract diseases you're trying to keep off your roses.

Thinning seedlings to eliminate crowding is also helpful.

Sand the fascia, and ease the corners to eliminate any splinters.

Apparently this is supposed to eliminate a lot of unwanted growth and make it easier to harvest our bounty.

To eliminate the ghetto school, an educator says, the ghetto itself has to go.

Colleges should work to reduce, improve, or eliminate weak programs.

Scientists have found some effective household measures that can eliminate germs and pesticides from fruits and vegetables.

Imagine, too, that you could both eliminate some hunger and return some land to rain forest.

The process may eventually eliminate the controversial step of destroying.

With good circulation in the brain, you can eliminate a lot of pain throughout the body.

Modern science has harnessed that feature to eliminate wrinkles on the faces of an aging population.

The only sure way to protect nonsmokers from the dangerous chemicals in secondhand smoke is to eliminate all smoking indoors.

Myers said there were no plans to eliminate positions.

Hence he set out to eradicate inefficiency and eliminate waste in the part of the production process that he was responsible for.

Each reusable bag you use has the potential to eliminate thousands of plastic bags over its lifetime.

In a deteriorating advertising climate, the company said it would seek to eliminate jobs through attrition and buyouts.

Ahluwalia argued that supply and demand will eventually eliminate the bad actors, but others disagreed.

During an infection one of its roles is to produce antibodies designed to attack and eliminate the invading bugs.

But the new research may eliminate sophisticated foraging skills from the list of potential advantages unique to humans.

Lautenbacher said the program might eliminate some sensors from the orbiters.

My community is not ready to eliminate homework altogether.

Some women are uneasy about the idea of a contraceptive pill that is designed to eliminate monthly menstruation.

We'll eliminate draconian administrative procedures, plus we'll completely control our tuition and fees.

To eliminate market distortion: eliminate preferential tax treatment and subsidies for agriculture and oil companies.

Eliminate food waste at home by using dinner leftovers for lunch.

Though it would never absolutely eliminate such for the self destructive and small children are endlessly inventive.

Lubchenco for the leadership role you have taken in helping eliminate overfishing in our oceans.

Protective cases have been shown to eliminate the reception.

In the case of some cancers, the new approach may even eliminate the need for surgery.

Reduce the length of sports seasons and reduce or eliminate nontraditional seasons.

Both proposals eliminate the need for painful needles and the need to transport liquids around.

It also includes a detailed history of the organization's efforts to eliminate nuclear energy.

To say the past completely defines the future is to eliminate the the evolution of entirely new forms.

Women had to marry outside of the group or the group would have genetic problems that would tend to eliminate the initial group.

Yes, there's something to be said for attempting to eliminate a player's frustration.

One way or another, the economy will eventually eliminate both imbalances.

The university has been forced to cut salaries for faculty and staff members and to eliminate two degree programs.

Fortunately there's an upgrade in the works that might eliminate some of the bugs: augmented reality, or.

Mobile phone networks rely on the algorithm to eliminate noise.

Many elite colleges have rolled out new financial-aid policies that eliminate or cap loans for financially needy students.

Nine months in, the plan to eliminate the structural deficit during this parliament is broadly on track.

Try different angles with a flash unit to eliminate unwanted shadows.

The ultimate goal is to eliminate all wire leads, making the pacemaker easier to implant.

They also should not eliminate the art requirement.

The last time the world tried to eliminate malaria, some scientists lament, the world eliminated malariologists.

By making a few changes, you can eliminate food waste in your household and get more for your earnings.

It is long past time to stop messing around and start a real, meaningful effort to eliminate fossil fuels entirely.

To eliminate gaps around their edges, trowel until they are completely covered.

Cloning cattle can eliminate the genetic gamble that comes with more traditional methods of reproduction, proponents say.

Even filtering out contaminated sequences would likely eliminate valid sequences and would not likely reinsert omitted sequences.

Noise filters eliminate virtually all external racket-wind, gunfire, loquacious hobos.

The transaction costs would be lower if you could add the offset with the click of a button and eliminate the guesswork.

At the first sign of any imbalance in the system, steps are taken to locate and eliminate the cause.

The first step is to eliminate the pervasive subsidies that create artificially low prices for water in so many countries.

The signal change will eliminate these problems and possibly lead to greater consumer confidence in these devices.

The mayor wants to eliminate birthdays as paid holidays for police officers.

The goal was to eliminate the disease within ten years.

Even wholly absent fingerprints, however, don't eliminate all identifying marks whatsoever.

Rake out thatch buildup to improve water penetration and to eliminate insect habitat.

It could also eliminate the need for chemotherapy in some cases.

There could be no unemployment in the simplest versions of these models, because wages would fall instantaneously to eliminate it.

Deodorant made with organic ingredients is a safe and effective way to control perspiration and eliminate body odor.

Then again it would also eliminate accountability from the public.

The idea is to eliminate from consideration random bursts of energy.

But phase-contrast radiology should eliminate the risk.

The idea was that attrition would gradually eliminate the water-hungry alien trees from the city.

It seems a little scary, but that would eliminate the perceived need for torchure completely.

The open floor plan and careful window placement eliminate the need.

As a result, the costs of operating an equally-weighted portfolio might eliminate any potential increase in returns.

Being housed in confined spaces without access to the outdoors forces a dog to eliminate where he eats and sleeps.

If purity is desirable eliminate the money and fame.

The next day they're hailed as an easy way to eliminate your period and lower the risk of ovarian cancer.

But it would not justify nearly enough of it to eliminate the risk of recession.

As a result, you eliminate the need for salt mining and provide drinking water at the same.

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World English Dictionary

eliminate (ɪˈlɪmɪˌneɪt)

—vb
1.	to remove or take out; get rid of
2.	to reject as trivial or irrelevant; omit from consideration
3.	to remove (a competitor, team, etc) from a contest, usually by defeat
4.	slang to murder in a cold-blooded manner
5.	physiol to expel (waste matter) from the body
6.	maths to remove (an unknown variable) from two or more simultaneous equations

[C16: from Latin ēlīmināre to turn out of the house, from e- out + līmen threshold]

usage Eliminate is sometimes wrongly used to talk about avoiding the repetition of something undesirable: we must prevent (not eliminate) further mistakes of this kind

e'liminable

—*adj*

elimina'bility

—n

e'liminant

—n

e'liminative

—*adj*

e'liminatory

—*adj*

e'liminator

—n

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Word Origin & History

eliminate

1560s, from L. eliminatus, pp. of eliminare "thrust out of doors, expel," from ex limine "off the threshold," from ex "off, out" + limine, abl. of limen "threshold." Used literally at first; sense of "exclude" first attested 1714; sense of "expel waste from the body" is c.1795. Related: Eliminated; eliminating.

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