eliminate

e-lim-i-nate · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To completely remove or get rid of something.

  2. 2.

    To exclude someone or something from consideration; to rule out.

  3. 3.

    To defeat or knock out a competitor in a competition.

  4. 4.

    (euphemism) To kill someone.

  5. 5.

    (biology) To expel waste matter from the body.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    eliminate the competition — to remove or defeat rivals
  • •
    process of elimination — a method of finding answers by ruling out wrong options

Related words

Antonyms: add, include, introduce, keep
See also: eliminated, elimination, exclude, remove
Synonyms: abolish, eradicate, exclude, get rid of, remove

Etymology

From Latin eliminatus, past participle of eliminare ("to turn out of doors, banish"), from e- ("out") + limen ("threshold"). The original sense was literally "to put out of doors."