eliminate

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈlɪməneɪt/

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
2. (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).

   a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies

3. (ambitransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).
4. (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.

5. (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:destroy, abrogate, abolish
• (excrete) See Thesaurus:urinate and Thesaurus:defecate

Related terms

• eliminable
• eliminant
• elimination
• eliminative
• eliminator
• eliminatory

Translations

• French: éliminer
• German: eliminieren, zerstören:
• Italian: eliminare
• Portuguese: eliminar
• Russian: ликвиди́ровать
• Spanish: eliminar

Translations

• French: tuer
• German: umbringen, eliminieren, beseitigen
• Russian: ликвиди́ровать
• Spanish: matar

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