eliminate
to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable: to eliminate risks; to eliminate hunger.
to omit, especially as being unimportant or irrelevant; leave out: I have eliminated all statistical tables, which are of interest only to the specialist.
to remove from further consideration or competition, especially by defeating in a contest.
to eradicate or kill: to eliminate the enemy.
Physiology. to void or expel from an organism.
Mathematics. to remove (a quantity) from an equation by elimination.
Origin of eliminate
1Other words for eliminate
1 | do away with, banish, abolish, eradicate, erase, exterminate, cut out, annihilate, weed out, stamp out, rub out |
2 | throw out, exclude, drop, delete, except |
Opposites for eliminate
Other words from eliminate
- e·lim·i·na·bil·i·ty [ih-lim-uh-nuh-bil-i-tee], /ɪˌlɪm ə nəˈbɪl ɪ ti/, noun
- e·lim·i·na·tive, adjective
- non·e·lim·i·na·tive, adjective
- pre·e·lim·i·nate, verb (used with object), pre·e·lim·i·nat·ed, pre·e·lim·i·nat·ing.
- un·e·lim·i·nat·ed, adjective
- well-e·lim·i·nat·ed, adjective
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How to use eliminate in a sentence
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed in 2017 eliminated employee business expenses.
Hinges pop the glass a centimeter off the frame and let air in, eliminating pesky fog.
Chapple said the university will ultimately save money by eliminating the need to purchase “unnecessary plastics” and cutting down on recycling and garbage disposal fees.
George Washington University commits to single-use-plastic ban | Lauren Lumpkin | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostUnsure whether Metro would get another stimulus, board members planned for the worst, proposing a budget for fiscal 2022 that included buying out or laying off a fourth of Metro’s workforce, closing 19 stations and eliminating weekend rail service.
Metro seeks bond sales to raise $360 million for capital projects | Justin George | February 10, 2021 | Washington PostThey eliminate the need to run out to store for replacements, plus, they can be easily shared.
Best hand warmers: Block the chill during your favorite winter activities | PopSci Commerce Team | February 10, 2021 | Popular-Science
Third, the destruction: These hedge-fund managers want to eliminate all limits and oversight of charter schools.
Hunger Games Comes to New York State’s Public Schools | Zephyr Teachout | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe authors took care to eliminate the possibility of other sources of polarization, which is always a concern in astronomy.
The J in its name actually stands for Jian—annihilate, eliminate.
He ran on a serious one-issue platform: eliminate the office of lieutenant governor.
"I thought we should eliminate the office and save the state" what he estimates is $1 million in annual expenses.
At all events we have made up our minds to eliminate the Jap, what with one motive and another, and I think we will.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonIsabel's brain seemed to eliminate every thought it had ever possessed and hurriedly to remodel down to one agonizing point.
Ancestors | Gertrude Athertoneliminate the disgraceful epithet from your vocabulary, sir, when you are addressing yours truly.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanBut you seem to eliminate the young people themselves as factors in the romance part of it all.
In the Onyx Lobby | Carolyn WellsThe threads lying alternately on the whip and on metal at the notched ends eliminate any possibility of the parts working loose.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for eliminate
/ (ɪˈlɪmɪˌneɪt) /
to remove or take out; get rid of
to reject as trivial or irrelevant; omit from consideration
to remove (a competitor, team, etc) from a contest, usually by defeat
slang to murder in a cold-blooded manner
physiol to expel (waste matter) from the body
maths to remove (an unknown variable) from two or more simultaneous equations
Origin of eliminate
1usage For eliminate
Derived forms of eliminate
- eliminable, adjective
- eliminability, noun
- eliminant, noun
- eliminative or eliminatory, adjective
- eliminator, noun
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