eliminate
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e·lim·i·nate
(ĭ-lĭm′ə-nāt′)tr.v. e·lim·i·nat·ed, e·lim·i·nat·ing, e·lim·i·nates
1. To get rid of; remove: an effort to eliminate homelessness; eliminated his enemies.
2.
a. To leave out or omit from consideration; reject: For now, let's eliminate from the discussion the possibility of failure.
b. To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.
3. Mathematics To remove (an unknown quantity) by combining equations.
4. Physiology To excrete (bodily wastes).
[Latin ēlīmināre, ēlīmināt-, to banish : ē-, ex-, ex- + līmen, līmin-, threshold.]
e·lim′i·na′tion n.
e·lim′i·na′tive, e·lim′i·na·to′ry (-nə-tôr′ē) adj.
e·lim′i·na′tor n.
Synonyms: eliminate, eradicate, extirpate
These verbs mean to nullify someone as a factor or cause an activity or condition to come to an end, especially by using drastic methods: eliminated all opposition; eradicate guerrilla activity; policies that attempt to extirpate drug abuse.
These verbs mean to nullify someone as a factor or cause an activity or condition to come to an end, especially by using drastic methods: eliminated all opposition; eradicate guerrilla activity; policies that attempt to extirpate drug abuse.
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eliminate
(ɪˈlɪmɪˌneɪt)vb (tr)
1. to remove or take out; get rid of
2. to reject as trivial or irrelevant; omit from consideration
3. to remove (a competitor, team, etc) from a contest, usually by defeat
4. slang to murder in a cold-blooded manner
5. (Physiology) physiol to expel (waste matter) from the body
6. (Mathematics) maths to remove (an unknown variable) from two or more simultaneous equations
[C16: from Latin ēlīmināre to turn out of the house, from e- out + līmen threshold]
eˈliminable adj
eˌliminaˈbility n
eˈliminant n
eˈliminative, eˈliminatory adj
eˈlimiˌnator n
Usage: Eliminate is sometimes wrongly used to talk about avoiding the repetition of something undesirable: we must prevent (not eliminate) further mistakes of this kind
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e•lim•i•nate
(ɪˈlɪm əˌneɪt)v.t. -nat•ed, -nat•ing.
1. to get rid of; eradicate.
2. to omit; leave out.
3. to defeat in a contest.
4. to kill; slaughter.
5. Physiol. to expel, as waste, from the body.
6. to remove (a quantity) from an equation by elimination.
[1560–70; < Latin ēlīminātus, past participle of ēlīmināre to turn out of doors]
e•lim′i•na`tive, adj.
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eliminate
Past participle: eliminated
Gerund: eliminating
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| Verb | 1. | eliminate - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" cancel out, wipe out - wipe out the effect of something; "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise"; "The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record" decouple - reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another) decouple - eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive) obliterate - do away with completely, without leaving a trace knock out - eliminate; "knock out a target" drown - get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol" cut out - delete or remove; "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article" prune, rationalize, rationalise, cut - weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" extinguish, snuff out - put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children" |
| 2. | eliminate - do away with | |
| 3. | eliminate - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" decimate - kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" | |
| 4. | eliminate - dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" | |
| 5. | eliminate - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" perspire, sudate, sweat - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat" exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze - release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores" make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, wee, wee-wee, urinate, piddle, puddle, make - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" urinate - pass after the manner of urine; "The sick men urinated blood" ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, stool, make - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" barf, be sick, puke, regorge, retch, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, disgorge, cat, spue, spew, regurgitate, chuck, honk, purge, cast - eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" | |
| 6. | eliminate - remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race" | |
| 7. | eliminate - remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement |
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eliminate
verb
1. remove, end, stop, withdraw, get rid of, abolish, cut out, dispose of, terminate, banish, eradicate, put an end to, do away with, dispense with, stamp out, exterminate, get shot of, wipe from the face of the earth The Act has not eliminated discrimination in employment.
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eliminate
verb1. To get rid of, especially by banishment or execution:
Idioms: do away with, put an end to.
2. To keep from being admitted, included, or considered:
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Translations
يُزيل، يُخْرِج، يُقْصي، يُبْعِديَسْتَبْعِدُ
odstranit
eliminerefjerneudelade
eliminoida
eliminirati
mellőz
slá út; útrÿma, fjarlægja
除去する
제거하다
iznīcinātizslēgtlikvidēt
eliminera
ขจัด
loại trừ
eliminate
[ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt] VT (gen) → eliminar; [+ suspect, possibility] → descartar; [+ bad language, mistakes, details] → suprimir, eliminarCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
eliminate
[ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt] vt (= eradicate) [+ poverty, discrimination, toxins, nuclear weapons] → éliminer
to eliminate sth from sth → supprimer qch de qch
to eliminate sth from sth → supprimer qch de qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
eliminate
vt
(= remove) → ausschließen; competitor → ausschalten; inflation, poverty, waste → ein Ende machen (+dat); danger, problem → beseitigen; (Physiol) → ausscheiden, eliminieren; (Math) → eliminieren; our team/candidate was eliminated in the second round → unsere Mannschaft/unser Kandidat schied in der zweiten Runde aus
(= kill) enemy → ausschalten, eliminieren
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
eliminate
(iˈlimineit) verb to get rid of; to omit or exclude. He was eliminated from the tennis match in the first round.
eˌlimiˈnation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
eliminate
→ يَسْتَبْعِدُ odstranit eliminere ausschließen εξαλείφω eliminar eliminoida éliminer eliminirati eliminare 除去する 제거하다 elimineren eliminere wyeliminować eliminar удалять eliminera ขจัด çıkarmak loại trừ 排除Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
eliminate
v. eliminar, expeler del organismo; suprimir.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
eliminate
vt eliminarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.