eliminate
(verb)
verb
1. terminate, end, or take out
- Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
- eliminate my debts
Similar word(s): extinguish
Definition categories: change, destroy, destruct
2. do away with
Similar word(s): obviate
Definition categories: stative
3. kill in large numbers
Similar word(s): annihilate, decimate, eradicate, extinguish
Definition categories: change, kill
4. dismiss from consideration or a contest
- This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration
Similar word(s): reject
Definition categories: cognition
5. eliminate from the body
Similar word(s): egest, excrete, pass
Definition categories: body, discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release
6. remove from a contest or race
- The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race
Definition categories: competition, beat, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
7. remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
Definition categories: change, remove, take, withdraw
Sentences with eliminate as a verb:
- Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.
- John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.