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'.
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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.
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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
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Definition
v.t. to thrust out: to remove cancel: to leave out of consideration.—adj. Elim′inable.—n. Eliminā′tion.
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Examples
- But in the better grades of material the printing is well done, and the color designs are fairly fast, and a little care in the laundry suffices to eliminate any danger of fading. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But we will educate the one and eliminate the other. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- If we eliminate the three first, the unknown remainder will be justice. Plato. The Republic.
- It is now possible, by means of electric appliances, practically to eliminate all drudgery from housework. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These are the only means possible; even the windmill does not eliminate the necessity for the pump, but merely replaces the energy used by man in working it. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This step served to regulate the supply of carbon and eliminate the oxygen, and completed the process of making steel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Machinists make every effort to eliminate from a machine the waste due to friction, leveling and grinding to the most perfect smoothness and adjustment every part of the machine. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- That was one regiment which had been eliminated from Lee's force by this crumbling process. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Compression pumps have eliminated this difficulty, and to-day fresh air is constantly pumped into the mines to supply the laborers there. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It can be successful with that bridge eliminated. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The danger of overloading may be eliminated by inserting in the circuit a fuse or other safety device. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The invention of the windmill was a great boon to country folks because it eliminated from their always busy life one task in which labor and time were consumed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When thy man is eliminated, cross the bridge to me. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Curves were modified, and grades eliminated where possible by the erection of numerous trestles. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And by reason of the employment of such vision in the past, Edison is now able to see quite clearly through the forest of difficulties after eliminating them one by one. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Electricity has rapidly found its way into the home for domestic purposes, eliminating at its entrance a host of cares of the household. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Another development which followed was that of an attached stand, eliminating the necessity of lifting the iron on and off a stand many times during the ironing. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Glasses relieve the muscles of the extra adjustment, and hence are effective in eliminating this cause of headache. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Some authors believe that long-continued domestication eliminates this strong tendency to sterility in species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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