English
eliminate
Etymology

From Latin ēlīminātus, past participle of ēlīmināre ("to turn out of doors, banish"), from ē ("out") + līmen ("a threshold"), akin to līmes ("a boundary"); see English limit and limen.

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/
  • (America) IPA: /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/, /ɪˈlɪm.ə.neɪt/, /iˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/, /iˈlɪm.ə.neɪt/
  • (weak vowel) IPA: /əˈlɪm.ə.neɪt/
  • (Australia) IPA: /əˈlɪm.ə.næɪt/
Verb

eliminate (eliminates, present participle eliminating; simple past and past participle eliminated)

  1. (transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
    Synonyms: abrogate, abolish, Thesaurus:destroy
  2. (transitive, military) To render (a facility) unusable, to destroy it; to disable (a soldier), make them unable to fight (typically but not necessarily by killing)
    Synonyms: neutralize
  3. (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).
    a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies
  4. (ambitransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).
    Synonyms: Thesaurus:urinate, Thesaurus:defecate
  5. (transitive) To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
    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.
  6. (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
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