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eliminate

eli·mi·nate

UK/ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/ US/ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/ fairly common slang

verb

1.

terminate or take out

  • “Let”
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2.

do away with

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3.

kill in large numbers

  • “the plague wiped out an entire population”
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4.

dismiss from consideration

  • “John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi”
  • “This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration”
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5.

eliminate from the body

  • “Pass a kidney stone”
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6.

remove from a contest or race

  • “The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race”
7.

remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations

Origin

Borrowed from Latin ēlīminātus, perfect passive participle of ēlīminō (“to turn out of doors, banish”), from ē- + līmen (“a threshold”, līmin- in compounds) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), akin to Latin līmes (“a boundary”); see also English limit and limen.

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