terminate, end, or take out; Lets eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics; Socialism extinguished these archaic customs; eliminate my debts
[ Syn: extinguish , get rid of , do away with ]
do away with
kill in large numbers; the plague wiped out an entire population
[ Syn: annihilate , extinguish , eradicate , wipe out , decimate , carry off ]
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
[ Syn: rule out , winnow out , reject ]
eliminate from the body; Pass a kidney stone
remove from a contest or race; The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race'
remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations