Dictionary Definition
eliminate
Verb
1 terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the
course on Akkadian hieroglyphics" [syn: get rid of,
do
away with]
3 kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an
entire population" [syn: annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out,
decimate, carry
off]
4 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" [syn:
rule
out, reject]
6 remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has
eliminated all the competitors in the race"
7 remove (an unknown variable) from two or more
equations
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- IPA:
Verb
- To completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists.
- To kill (a person or animal).
- To excrete (waste products).
Translations
completely destroy
kill
- Albanian: asgjësoj,
- German: umbringen, eliminieren
- Japanese: 抹殺する (massatsu-suru)
Italian
Verb
eliminate- Form of Second-person plural present tense, eliminare
- Form of Second-person plural imperative, eliminare#Italian|eliminare
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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