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
Pre-sizing eliminates the opportunity to pile those taters too high.
12 Thanksgiving Weight Loss Tips That Actually Work | DailyBurn | November 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn any event, depressurization may be a credible explanation but not one that eliminates all other possibilities.
The Kremlin loses a useful propaganda tool, but it also eliminates a thug with a lot of Russian blood on his hands.
Who Killed One of the Most Notorious Right Sector Leaders in Ukraine? | Oleg Shynkarenko | March 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn effect, stop-start eliminates fuel wasted when cars idle.
Stop-Start Engines Lead to Big Gains in Auto Efficiency | Edward Ferguson | July 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis eliminates most of the falloff in growth that R&R find from high debt levels.
In one case, where Mark has a slur on physicians, Luke eliminates it.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine | James J. WalshNow the alternative tendered by Sokrates neither includes these pleasures nor eliminates these pains.
This eliminates the idea that the cave adapted the animals for the life in the dark.
The Organism as a Whole | Jacques LoebExperiment is made under conditions always complex, the enunciation of the law eliminates these complications.
One of these pluggers declares he blesses the rejection slip because it "eliminates so many quitters."
If You Don't Write Fiction | Charles Phelps Cushing
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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