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Eliminate

Eliminate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Eliminate? [v] eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" [v] kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" [v] terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics" [v] math: remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations [v] dismiss from consideration; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" [v] remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race" [v] do away with Synonyms \| Synonyms for Eliminate: annihilate \| carry off \| decimate \| do away with \| egest \| eradicate \| excrete \| extinguish \| get rid of \| obviate \| pass \| reject \| rid of \| rule out \| wipe out Related Terms \| Find terms related to Eliminate: abandon \| abscind \| abstract \| amputate \| annihilate \| assassinate \| ban \| bar \| bate \| blow \| blow out \| bob \| cast \| cast aside \| cast away \| cast off \| cast out \| chuck \| clean out \| clear \| clear away \| clear off \| clear out \| clear the decks \| clip \| count out \| crop \| cull \| cut \| cut away \| cut off \| cut out \| debar \| deep-six \| defecate \| delete \| deplete \| deport \| deracinate \| discard \| discharge \| dismiss \| dispel \| dispose of \| ditch \| do away with \| dock \| drain \| dump \| effuse \| egest \| eighty-six \| eject \| elide \| emit \| empty \| empty out \| enucleate \| eradicate \| erase \| evacuate \| evict \| except \| excise \| exclude \| excrete \| exhaust \| exile \| expatriate \| expel \| expunge \| exterminate \| extinguish \| extirpate \| extravasate \| exudate \| exude \| fling off \| freeze out \| get quit of \| get rid of \| get shut of \| give away \| give off \| isolate \| jettison \| jilt \| knock off \| liquidate \| lop \| murder \| mutilate \| nip \| oust \| outlaw \| pare \| part with \| pass \| peel \| pick out \| prune \| purge \| reject \| remove \| root out \| root up \| rule out \| scour out \| secrete \| set apart \| set aside \| shake off \| shave \| shear \| shoo \| shut out \| slough \| stamp out \| strike off \| strike out \| strip \| strip off \| suspend \| sweep away \| sweep out \| take off \| take out \| throw away \| throw off \| throw out \| throw over \| throw overboard \| toss overboard \| transude \| truncate \| unclog \| unfoul \| uproot \| vent \| void \| weed out \| weep \| wipe out See Also \| barf \| be sick \| beat \| beat out \| ca-ca \| cancel out \| cast \| cat \| chuck \| close out \| crap \| crush \| cut \| cut out \| defecate \| destroy \| destruct \| discharge \| disgorge \| drown \| eject \| empty \| evacuate \| except \| exclude \| expel \| exudate \| exude \| honk \| kill \| knock out \| leave off \| leave out \| make \| make water \| micturate \| obliterate \| omit \| ooze \| ooze out \| pass water \| pee \| pee-pee \| perspire \| piddle \| piss \| preclude \| prune \| puddle \| puke \| purge \| rationalise \| rationalize \| regorge \| regurgitate \| release \| relieve oneself \| remove \| retch \| rule out \| shell \| shit \| sick \| snuff out \| spend a penny \| spew \| spue \| sudate \| sweat \| take \| take a crap \| take a leak \| take a shit \| take away \| take out \| throw up \| transude \| trounce \| upchuck \| urinate \| vanquish \| void \| vomit \| vomit up \| wee \| wee-wee \| withdraw Eliminate In Webster's Dictionary \Elim"inate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eliminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eliminating}.] [L. eliminatus, p. p. of eliminare; e out + limen threshold; prob. akin to limes boundary. See {Limit}.] 1. To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty. Eliminate my spirit, give it range Through provinces of thought yet unexplored. --Young. 2. (Alg.) To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity. 3. To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration. Eliminate errors that have been gathering and accumulating. --Lowth. 4. To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion. [Recent, and not well authorized] 5. (Physiol.) To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system.

Eliminate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Eliminate?

[v] eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
[v] kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
[v] terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"
[v] math: remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
[v] dismiss from consideration; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"
[v] remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"
[v] do away with

Eliminate In Webster's Dictionary

\E*lim"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eliminated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Eliminating}.] [L. eliminatus, p. p. of
eliminare; e out + limen threshold; prob. akin to limes
boundary. See {Limit}.]
1. To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release;
   to set at liberty.

         Eliminate my spirit, give it range Through provinces
         of thought yet unexplored.            --Young.

2. (Alg.) To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to
   eliminate an unknown quantity.

3. To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive
   inquiry; to leave out of consideration.

         Eliminate errors that have been gathering and
         accumulating.                         --Lowth.

4. To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to
   deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion. [Recent,
   and not well authorized]

5. (Physiol.) To separate; to expel from the system; to
   excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs
   carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system.

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