Definitions for eliminate
Overview of verb eliminate
The verb eliminate has 7 senses? (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (40) extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with
(terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts")
2. (13) obviate, rid of, eliminate
(do away with)
3. (2) eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
(kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population")
4. (1) rule out, eliminate, winnow out, reject
(dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration")
5. (1) excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
(eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone")
6. eliminate
(remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race")
7. eliminate
(remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations)
