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e·lim·i·nate (

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-n

)

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.

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).

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

e·limi·nation n.

e·limi·native, e·limi·na·tory (-n

-tôr

, -t

) 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.

eliminate [ɪˈlɪmɪˌneɪt]

vb (tr)

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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) Physiol to expel (waste matter) from the body

6. (Mathematics) Maths to remove (an unknown variable) from two or more simultaneous equations

[from Latin ēlīmināre to turn out of the house, from e- out + līmen threshold]

eliminable adj

eliminability n

eliminant n

eliminative , eliminatory adj

eliminator 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

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

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"

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 The Act has not eliminated discrimination in employment.

2. knock out, drop, reject, exclude, axe (informal), get rid of, expel, leave out, throw out, omit, put out, eject I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semifinals.

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) They claimed that 87,000 `reactionaries' had been eliminated.

Translations

eliminate [ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt] VT (gen) → eliminar; [+ suspect, possibility] → descartar; [+ bad language, mistakes, details] → suprimir, eliminar

eliminate [ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt] vt

(= eradicate) [+ poverty, discrimination, toxins, nuclear weapons] → éliminer
to eliminate sth from sth → supprimer qch de qch

(= knock out) [+ candidate, team] → éliminer
to eliminate sb from sth [+ competition] → éliminer qn de qch

(= exclude) [+ possibility] → écarter
to eliminate sb from an enquiry [police] → écarter qn d'une enquête

eliminate

(= remove) → ausschließen; competitor → ausschalten; inflation, poverty, waste → ein Ende machen (+dat); danger, problem → beseitigen; (Physiol) → ausscheiden, eliminieren; (Math) → eliminieren; our team/candidate was eliminated in the second round → unsere Mannschaft/unser Kandidat schied in der zweiten Runde aus

(= kill) enemy → ausschalten, eliminieren

eliminate [ɪˈlɪmɪˌneɪt] vt (gen) → eliminare; (suspect, possibility) → scartare

eliminate

v eliminate [iˈlimineit]

to get rid of; to omit or exclude He was eliminated from the tennis match in the first round. weglaat, oor die hoof sien يُزيل، يُخْرِج، يُقْصي، يُبْعِد елиминирам vyřadit eliminere; fjerne; ryge ud; udelade ausschließen, ausscheiden αποκλείω, εξαλείφω eliminar kõrvaldama حذف کردن؛ دفع کردن poistaa éliminer לְסָלֶק, לְהוֹצִיא हटाना ukloniti kizár; mellőz; felszámol menyingkirkan slá út; útrÿma, fjarlægja eliminare 除く 제거하다 pašalinti, panaikinti izslēgt; iznīcināt; likvidēt singkir uitschakelen fjerne, skyte ut, utelukke, eliminere wykluczać eliminar a elimina исключать vyradiť izločiti eliminisati eliminera, sätta ur spel, slå ut กำจัด elemek; atmak 消除，排除 знищувати; виключати خارج کرنا loại ra 消除，排除

n eˌlimiˈnation

weglating إبْعاد، إقْصاء، حَذْف، إزالَه елиминация odstranění eliminering; fjernelse; rygen ud; udeladelse die Ausschaltung αποκλεισμός, εξάλειψη eliminación kõrvaldamine حذف؛ نابودی poisto élimination הוֹצָאָה, הַרחָקָה विलोपन, निराकरण, निरसन eliminacija, uklanjanje kizárás; kiesés penyisihan útsláttur; útrÿming eliminazione 排除 제거 pašalinimas, panaikinimas izslēgšana; iznīcināšana; likvidēšana penyingkiran uitsluiting fjerning, utskyting, utelukkelse, eliminering eliminowanie eliminação eliminare исключение; отсев odstránenie, vypustenie, vylúčenie izločitev eliminacija eliminering, avlägsnande, utslagning การกำจัด çıkarma, atma 排除 виключення; знищення خارج کرنے کا عمل sự loại ra 排除

eliminate → يَحُد من odstranit eliminere ausschließen εξαλείφω eliminar eliminoida éliminer eliminirati eliminare 除去する 제거하다 elimineren eliminere wyeliminować eliminar удалять eliminera ขจัด çıkarmak loại trừ 排除

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