eliminate
/ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/ verb B1- To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
- To render (a facility) unusable, to destroy it; to disable (a soldier), make them unable to fight (typically but not necessarily by killing)
- To kill (a person or animal). · a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies
- To excrete (waste products).
- 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.
- To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
He/she/it eliminates · Past eliminated · Past participle eliminated · -ing form eliminating
Verb forms
- Base form
- eliminate
- He/she/it
- eliminates
- Past
- eliminated
- Past participle
- eliminated
- -ing form
- eliminating
From the library
We will eliminate Bradshaw.
"That process," said I, "starts upon the supposition that when you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains however improbable, must be the truth.
I really think that we may eliminate him entirely from our calculations.
Should we eliminate homework entirely, or is there a middle ground we can reach?
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