Definition of Eliminate in English :

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Eliminate

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Verb

1. do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of

terminate, end, or take out

Example Sentences:
'Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics'
'Socialism extinguished these archaic customs'
'eliminate my debts'

2. eliminate, obviate, rid of

do away with

3. annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out

kill in large numbers

Example Sentences:
'the plague wiped out an entire population'

4. eliminate, reject, rule out, winnow out

dismiss from consideration or a contest

Example Sentences:
'John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi'
'This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration'

5. egest, eliminate, excrete, pass

eliminate from the body

Example Sentences:
'Pass a kidney stone'

6. eliminate

remove from a contest or race

Example Sentences:
'The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race'

7. eliminate

remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Eliminate

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verb (transitive)
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. physiology
to expel (waste matter) from the body
6. mathematics
to remove (an unknown variable) from two or more simultaneous equations

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Eliminate

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verb transitiveWord forms: eˈlimiˌnated or eˈlimiˌnating
1. 
to take out; remove; get rid of
2. 
to leave out of consideration; reject; omit
3. 
to drop (a person, team, etc. losing a round or match in a contest) from further competition
4.  Algebra
to get rid of (an unknown quantity) by combining equations
5.  Physiology
to expel (waste products) from the body; excrete

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Eliminate

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tr.v. e·lim·i·nat·ed, e·lim·i·nat·ing, e·lim·i·nates
1. To get rid of; remove: an effort to eliminate homelessness; eliminated his enemies.
2.
a. To leave out or omit from consideration; reject: For now, let's eliminate from the discussion the possibility of failure.
b. To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.
3. Mathematics To remove (an unknown quantity) by combining equations.
4. Physiology To excrete (bodily wastes).

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