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Eliminate

Eliminate Meaning & Definition
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

\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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