eliminate

(ĭ-lĭm'ə-nāt')
tr.v., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates.

1. To get rid of; remove: an effort to eliminate homelessness; eliminated his enemies.
2. 1. To leave out or omit from consideration; reject.
   2. To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.
3. Mathematics. To remove (an unknown quantity) by combining equations.
4. Physiology. To excrete (bodily wastes).

[Latin ēlīmināre, ēlīmināt-, to banish : ē-, ex-, ex- + līmen, līmin-, threshold.]

elimination e·lim'i·na'tion n.
eliminative e·lim'i·na'tive or e·lim'i·na·to'ry (-nə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
eliminator e·lim'i·na'tor n.

SYNONYMS   eliminate, eradicate, liquidate, purge. These verbs mean to wipe out someone or something, especially by using drastic methods such as banishment or execution: eliminated all opposition; eradicate guerrilla activity; liquidating traitors; purged the army of dissidents.

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verb

1. To get rid of, especially by banishment or execution: eradicate, liquidate, purge, remove, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, put an end to. See help/harm/harmless, keep/release.
2. To keep from being admitted, included, or considered: bar, count out, debar, except, exclude, keep out, rule out, shut out. See include/exclude.
3. To take or leave out: drop, omit, remove. See include/exclude.
4. To discharge (wastes or foreign substances) from the body: evacuate, excrete. Medicine purge. See keep/release.

v

Definition: remove, throw out
Antonyms: accept, choose, include, keep, ratify, sanction, welcome

IN BRIEF: To get rid of; take out or leave out; remove or omit.

Environmentalists strive to eliminate environmental pollution and the waste of natural resources.

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1. discharge from the body of indigestible materials and of waste products of body metabolism. See also elimination behavior, defecation, urination.
2. of a disease; equivalent to eradication.

See words rhyming with "eliminatory."

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Common misspelling(s) of eliminating

• eleminating

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - skaffe af vejen, udslette, udelukke, se bort fra, slå ud, udskille, eliminere

Nederlands (Dutch)
verwijderen, uitroeien, negeren, afscheiden (uit het lichaam), elimineren, liquideren, uitsluiten, uitschakelen

Français (French)
v. tr. - éliminer, écarter, exclure, enlever, faire disparaître, supprimer, (Math, Physiol) supprimer, supprimer (qn)

Deutsch (German)
v. - ausschließen, eliminieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - απαλείφω, εξαλείφω, εξουδετερώνω, αποβάλλω, διαγράφω, αφαιρώ, (μτφ.) θέτω εκτός αγώνος ή μάχης, εξολοθρεύω, εξοντώνω, σκοτώνω, βγάζω από τη μέση

Italiano (Italian)
eliminare, liquidare, escludere, sopprimere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - eliminar, matar, anular (jur.)

Русский (Russian)
устранять, исключать, очищать, уничтожать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - liquidar, excluir, descartar, eliminar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utesluta, eliminera, mörda kallblodigt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
除去, 剔除, 排除

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 除去, 剔除, 排除

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 제거하다, 무시하다, 배출하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 取り除く, ふるい落とす, 無視する, 殺す, 除外する, 消去する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يزيل, يتخلص من‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮סילק, הוציא‬

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