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eliminate

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–verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.

to remove or get rid of, esp. as being in some way undesirable: to eliminate risks; to eliminate hunger.

to omit, esp. as being unimportant or irrelevant; leave out: I have eliminated all statistical tables, which are of interest only to the specialist.

to remove from further consideration or competition, esp. by defeating in a contest.

to eradicate or kill: to eliminate the enemy.

Physiology . to void or expel from an organism.

Mathematics . to remove (a quantity) from an equation by elimination.

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Origin:
1560–70; 1915–20 for def. 4; < L ēlīminātus turned out of doors (ptp. of ēlīmināre ), equiv. to ē- e- + līmin-, s. of līmen threshold + -ātus -ate¹

—Related forms

e·lim·i·na·bil·i·ty [ih-lim-uh-nuh-bil-i-tee]

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e·lim·i·na·tive, adjective

non·e·lim·i·na·tive, adjective

pre·e·lim·i·nate, verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.

un·e·lim·i·nat·ed, adjective

well-e·lim·i·nat·ed, adjective

—Synonyms
1, 2. reject.

—Antonyms
2. include.

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eliminate (ɪˈlɪmɪˌneɪt)

— vb
1.	to remove or take out; get rid of
2.	to reject as trivial or irrelevant; omit from consideration
3.	to remove (a competitor, team, etc) from a contest, usually by defeat
4.	slang to murder in a cold-blooded manner
5.	physiol to expel (waste matter) from the body
6.	maths to remove (an unknown variable) from two or more simultaneous equations

[C16: from Latin ēlīmināre to turn out of the house, from e- out + līmen threshold]

usage Eliminate is sometimes wrongly used to talk about avoiding the repetition of something undesirable: we must prevent (not eliminate ) further mistakes of this kind

e'liminable

— *adj*

elimina'bility

— n

e'liminant

— n

e'liminative

— *adj*

e'liminatory

— *adj*

e'liminator

— n

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Word Origin & History

eliminate

1560s, from L. eliminatus , pp. of eliminare "thrust out of doors, expel," from ex limine "off the threshold," from ex "off, out" + limine, abl. of limen "threshold." Used literally at first; sense of "exclude" first attested 1714; sense of "expel waste from the body" is c.1795. Related: Eliminated ; eliminating .