Eliminate

[ɪ'lɪmɪneɪt] or [ɪ'lɪmɪnet]

Definition

(verb.) kill in large numbers; 'the plague wiped out an entire population'.

(verb.) remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations.

(verb.) remove from a contest or race; 'The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race'.

Checked by Harlan--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

(v. t.) To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity.

(v. t.) To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration.

(v. t.) To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion.

(v. t.) To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system.

Checked by Judith

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Exclude, expel, reject, thrust out, drive out, get clear of.[2]. Extricate, release, set free.[3]. (Algebra.) Disengage, separate.

Editor: Woodrow

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Cast_out, exclude, eject, reject, elucidate, explain, enucleate, segregate

ANT:Mystify, obscure, involve, smuggle, foi?t, import, confound

Edited by Benson

Definition

v.t. to thrust out: to remove cancel: to leave out of consideration.—adj. Elim′inable.—n. Eliminā′tion.

Edited by Clio

Examples

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