Definition of eliminate

verb (v)

• terminate, end, or take out (verb.change)

  Synonym: do away with, extinguish, get rid of
  

  Example:
  Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics.
  Eliminate my debts.
  

  source: wordnet30
• do away with (verb.stative)

  Synonym: abolish, get rid of, obviate, rid of
  Antonym: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take
  

  source: wordnet30
• kill in large numbers (verb.change)

  Synonym: annihilate, carry off, decimate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out
  

  source: wordnet30
• dismiss from consideration or a contest (verb.cognition)

  Example:
  This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration.
  

  source: wordnet30
• eliminate from the body (verb.body)

  Synonym: egest, excrete, pass
  

  source: wordnet30
• remove from a contest or race (verb.competition)

  Example:
  The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race.
  

  source: wordnet30
• remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations (verb.change)

  source: wordnet30
• To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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