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eliminative

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e·lim·i·nate

   [ih-lim-uh-neyt]
verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.
1.
to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable: to eliminate risks; to eliminate hunger.
2.
to omit, especially as being unimportant or irrelevant; leave out: I have eliminated all statistical tables, which are of interest only to the specialist.
3.
to remove from further consideration or competition, especially by defeating in a contest.
4.
to eradicate or kill: to eliminate the enemy.
5.
Physiology. to void or expel from an organism.
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6.
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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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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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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