eliminate (v.)

  1. 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 ]

  2. do away with

    [ Syn: obviate , rid of ]

  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 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 ]

  5. eliminate from the body; Pass a kidney stone

    [ Syn: excrete , egest , pass ]

  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

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