Eliminate

Verb

 * 1)  To completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists.
 * 2)  To kill (a person or animal).
 * 3)  To excrete (waste products).
 * 4) 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.
 * 1)  To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:destroy

Related terms

 * eliminable
 * eliminant
 * elimination
 * eliminative
 * eliminator
 * eliminatory

Synonyms

 * give the chop to
 * give the boot to
 * give the sack to
 * give the walking papers to
 * vote off

Adverbs for Eliminate
completely; utterly; entirely; abruptly; virtually; outrageously; tyrannically; courageously; completely.

Thesaurus
abandon, abscind, abstract, amputate, annihilate, assassinate, ban, bar, bate, blow, blow out, bob, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, cast out, chuck, clean out, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear the decks, clip, count out, crop, cull, cut, cut away, cut off, cut out, debar, deep-six, defecate, delete, deplete, deport, deracinate, discard, discharge, dismiss, dispel, dispose of, ditch, do away with, dock, drain, dump, effuse, egest, eighty-six, eject, elide, emit, empty, empty out, enucleate, eradicate, erase, evacuate, evict, except, excise, exclude, excrete, exhaust, exile, expatriate, expel, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, extravasate, exudate, exude, fling off, freeze out, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, give away, give off, isolate, jettison, jilt, knock off, liquidate, lop, murder, mutilate, nip, oust, outlaw, pare, part with, pass, peel, pick out, prune, purge, reject, remove, root out, root up, rule out, scour out, secrete, set apart, set aside, shake off, shave, shear, shoo, shut out, slough, stamp out, strike off, strike out, strip, strip off, suspend, sweep away, sweep out, take off, take out, throw away, throw off, throw out, throw over, throw overboard, toss overboard, transude, truncate, unclog, unfoul, uproot, vent, void, weed out, weep, wipe out

Etymology
< eliminatus:, past participle of eliminare: < e: + limen:, akin to limes:; see limit.

Translations

 * Albanian: eliminoj, asgjësoj, zhduk
 * Catalan: eliminar
 * Czech: ,


 * German: ,
 * Japanese: 除去する (jyokyo-suru)
 * Russian: ликвидировать /


 * Albanian: asgjësoj,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Japanese: 抹殺する (massatsu-suru)


 * Korean: 제거하다
 * Russian: ликвидировать /, уничтожать, уничтожить
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:

Verb
eliminate