eliminate
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.
Mathematics. to remove (a quantity) from an equation by elimination.
Origin of eliminate
1Other words for eliminate
1 | do away with, banish, abolish, eradicate, erase, exterminate, cut out, annihilate, weed out, stamp out, rub out |
2 | throw out, exclude, drop, delete, except |
Opposites for eliminate
Other words from eliminate
- e·lim·i·na·bil·i·ty [ih-lim-uh-nuh-bil-i-tee], /ɪˌlɪm ə nəˈbɪl ɪ ti/, noun
- e·lim·i·na·tive, adjective
- non·e·lim·i·na·tive, adjective
- pre·e·lim·i·nate, verb (used with object), pre·e·lim·i·nat·ed, pre·e·lim·i·nat·ing.
- un·e·lim·i·nat·ed, adjective
- well-e·lim·i·nat·ed, adjective
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How to use eliminate in a sentence
The subedar asked him for help in identifying and eliminating Uzbeks and other al Qaeda-linked fighters in North Waziristan.
Obama’s Deadly Informants: The Drone Spotters of Pakistan | Umar Farooq, Syed Fakhar Kakakhel | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd Americans overwhelmingly support eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders.
Why Isn’t Prison Justice on the Ballot This Tuesday? | Inimai Chettiar, Abigail Finkelman | November 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBegich has courageously talked of eliminating the payroll tax cap of around $115,000.
Jails and prisons across the country are eliminating in-person and contact visits and instead gouging prisoners for video.
‘Progressive Jail’ Is a 21st-Century Hell, Inmates Complain | Sarah Shourd | September 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis sense of competition quickly turned into eliminating the opposition.
Gangster in Paradise: Benicio Del Toro Is Pablo Escobar | Alex Suskind | September 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Therefore, Socialism by eliminating the Capitalist would make life impossible to many who now live.
The Inhumanity of Socialism | Edward F. AdamsSaving of missionary money by eliminating duplication of missionary grants by competing denominations.
Church Cooperation in Community Life | Paul L. VogtEliminating the Bax book, he began to go conscientiously through the others; the task opened into a joyful journey.
Mountain | Clement WoodPerhaps I had made a mistake, I reflected, in eliminating formal discipline as far as possible in the shipboard routine.
Greylorn | John Keith LaumerThis process of eliminating competition has gone on with remarkable swiftness, so that we have now the great Trust Problem.
The Common Sense of Socialism | John Spargo
British Dictionary definitions for eliminate
/ (ɪˈlɪmɪˌneɪt) /
to remove or take out; get rid of
to reject as trivial or irrelevant; omit from consideration
to remove (a competitor, team, etc) from a contest, usually by defeat
slang to murder in a cold-blooded manner
physiol to expel (waste matter) from the body
maths to remove (an unknown variable) from two or more simultaneous equations
Origin of eliminate
1usage For eliminate
Derived forms of eliminate
- eliminable, adjective
- eliminability, noun
- eliminant, noun
- eliminative or eliminatory, adjective
- eliminator, noun
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