eliminate

e·lim·i·nate  (-lm-nt)

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.

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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[Latin lminre, lmint-, to banish : -, ex-, ex- + lmen, lmin-, threshold.]

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e·limi·nation n.

e·limi·native, e·limi·na·tory (-n-tôr, -tr) adj.

e·limi·nator n.

Synonyms: eliminate, eradicate, liquidate, purge
These verbs mean to wipe out someone or something, especially by using drastic methods such as banishment or execution: eliminated all opposition; eradicate guerrilla activity; liquidating traitors; purged the army of dissidents.

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eliminate

Verb

[-nating, -nated]

1. to get rid of (something or someone unwanted, unnecessary, or not meeting the requirements needed): he can be eliminated from the list of suspects

2. to remove (a competitor or team) from a contest, esp. following a defeat: they were eliminated in the third round

3. Slang to murder in cold blood: Stalin had thousands of his former comrades eliminated [Latin eliminare to turn out of the house]

elimination n

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.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	eliminate - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" do away with, get rid of, extinguish cancel out, wipe out - wipe out the effect of something; "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise"; "The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record" decouple - reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another) decouple - eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive) obliterate - do away with completely, without leaving a trace knock out - eliminate; "knock out a target" drown - get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol" cut out - delete or remove; "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article" prune, rationalize, rationalise, cut - weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" extinguish, snuff out - put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children" exclude, leave out, omit, leave off, except, take out - prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece" destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
	2.	eliminate - do away with obviate, rid of close out, rule out, preclude - make impossible, especially beforehand
	3.	eliminate - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" annihilate, eradicate, decimate, wipe out, carry off, extinguish decimate - kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
	4.	eliminate - dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" winnow out, rule out, reject
	5.	eliminate - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" egest, excrete, pass perspire, sudate, sweat - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat" exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze - release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores" make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, piss, wee, wee-wee, urinate, piddle, puddle, make - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" urinate - pass after the manner of urine; "The sick men urinated blood" void, empty, evacuate - excrete or discharge from the body ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, take a shit, shit, stool, make - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" barf, be sick, puke, regorge, retch, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, disgorge, cat, spue, spew, regurgitate, chuck, honk, purge, cast - eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" eject, expel, release, exhaust, discharge - eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
	6.	eliminate - remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race" beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
	7.	eliminate - remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

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eliminate

verb 1. remove, end, stop, withdraw, get rid of, abolish, cut out, dispose of, terminate, banish, eradicate, put an end to, do away with, dispense with, stamp out, exterminate, get shot of, wipe from the face of the earth

verb 2. knock out, drop, reject, exclude, axe (informal) get rid of, expel, leave out, throw out, omit, put out, eject

verb 3. (Slang) murder, kill, do in (slang) take out (slang) terminate, slay, blow away (slang), chiefly U.S. liquidate, annihilate, exterminate, bump off (slang) rub out U.S. (slang) waste (informal)

Translations

eliminate [ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt] vt → eliminar (= score out); suprimir [+ a suspect, possibility]; descartar

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eliminate [ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt] vt → éliminer

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eliminate [ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt] vt → beseitigen;

(candidate etc) → ausschließen;

(team, contestant) → aus dem Wettbewerb werfen

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eliminate [ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt] vt → eliminare