eliminate
[verb]
Synonyms: get rid of, cut out, dispose of, do away with, eradicate, exterminate, remove, stamp out, take out

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Contrasted words: accept, receive
Related Words: freeze out, shut out, dismiss, dump, eject, evict, expel, oust, delete, erase, expunge

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English Thesaurus: assault, mugging, murder, homicide, rape, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

e‧lim‧i‧nate AC /ɪˈlɪməneɪt, ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/ verb [transitive]
[Word Family: verb: eliminate; noun: elimination]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: eliminatus, past participle of eliminare 'to put out of doors']

1. to completely get rid of something that is unnecessary or unwanted ⇒ eradicate
eliminate a need/possibility/risk/problem etc
The credit card eliminates the need for cash or cheques.
There is no solution that will totally eliminate the possibility of theft.
eliminate something/somebody from something
Fatty foods should be eliminated from the diet.

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In everyday English, people usually say get rid of rather than eliminate:
It is almost impossible to get rid of the problem.

2. [usually passive] to defeat a team or person in a competition, so that they no longer take part in it Synonym : knock out:
Our team was eliminated in the first round.

3. to kill someone in order to prevent them from causing trouble:
a ruthless dictator who eliminated all his rivals

4. eliminate somebody from your enquiries British English if the police eliminate someone from their enquiries, they decide that that person did not commit a particular crime

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

eliminate
verb
ADV. altogether, completely, entirely, totally The risk cannot be eliminated altogether. This procedure does not completely eliminate the possibility of an accident.
virtually | largely | effectively Getting this job has effectively eliminated his financial worries.
VERB + ELIMINATE seek to, take steps to, try to | help (to) | be designed to The single market is designed to eliminate barriers to the free movement of goods, services and people.
be impossible to
PREP. from Try to eliminate fatty foods from your diet.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

assault noun [uncountable and countable] the crime of physically attacking someone:
He was arrested for an assault on a policeman.
mugging noun [uncountable and countable] the crime of attacking and robbing someone in a public place:
Muggings usually happen at night.
murder noun [uncountable and countable] the crime of deliberately killing someone:
He is accused of the murder of five women.
homicide noun [uncountable and countable] especially American English law murder:
Homicide rates are rising fastest amongst 15 to19-year-olds.
rape noun [uncountable and countable] the crime of forcing someone to have sex:
In most cases of rape, the victim knows her attacker.
kill to make someone die:
The driver and his passenger were killed in the crash.
He was killed by rival gang members.
commit manslaughter to kill someone without intending to – used when talking about this as a crime:
The court ruled that the guard had committed manslaughter.
assassinate to deliberately kill an important person, especially a politician:
He was part of a plot to assassinate Hitler.
slay to kill someone or something in a violent way – used in newspaper reports and also in old stories:
Two teenagers were slain in the shootings.
St. George slew the dragon.
The king was slain at the battle of Hastings.
execute formal (also put somebody to death) to kill someone as a punishment for a crime:
McVeigh, who killed 168 people in a bombing attack, was executed by lethal injection.
eliminate to kill someone in order to prevent them from causing trouble:
a ruthless dictator who eliminated all his rivals
take somebody out informal to kill someone in order to get rid of them, especially an enemy or someone who is causing trouble for you:
US forces used air strikes to take out the enemy positions.
One of the other drug dealers may have decided to take him out.
bump somebody off humorous informal to kill someone:
He was so irritating I felt like bumping him off myself.
do away with somebody informal to kill someone:
The settlers in Jamestown had been done away with, but no one knew how.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

kill to make someone die:
The driver and his passenger were killed in the crash.
He was killed by rival gang members.
murder to deliberately kill someone – used when talking about this as a crime:
He was convicted of murdering his wife.
commit manslaughter to kill someone without intending to – used when talking about this as a crime:
The court ruled that the guard had committed manslaughter.
assassinate to deliberately kill an important person, especially a politician:
He was part of a plot to assassinate Hitler.
slay to kill someone or something in a violent way – used in newspaper reports and also in old stories:
Two teenagers were slain in the shootings.
St. George slew the dragon.
The king was slain at the battle of Hastings.
execute formal (also put somebody to death) to kill someone as a punishment for a crime:
McVeigh, who killed 168 people in a bombing attack, was executed by lethal injection.
eliminate to kill someone in order to prevent them from causing trouble:
a ruthless dictator who eliminated all his rivals
take somebody out informal to kill someone in order to get rid of them, especially an enemy or someone who is causing trouble for you:
US forces used air strikes to take out the enemy positions.
One of the other drug dealers may have decided to take him out.
bump somebody off humorous informal to kill someone:
He was so irritating I felt like bumping him off myself.
do away with somebody informal to kill someone:
The settlers in Jamestown had been done away with, but no one knew how.
commit suicide to kill yourself:
He committed suicide after the death of his girlfriend.
take your own life formal to kill yourself:
He had taken his own life while he was severely depressed.
They believe that it is a sin to take your own life.
massacre to kill a large number of people in a violent way:
Thousands of peaceful demonstrators were massacred by the soldiers.
slaughter to kill a large number of people in a violent way. Slaughter is also used about killing animals for food:
The army slaughtered thousands of civilians in an effort to stop the revolt.
The pigs were slaughtered on the farm.
exterminate to kill large numbers of a particular group, so that they no longer exist:
Hitler’s goal was to exterminate the Jews.

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remove to make something no longer exist, especially something that was causing problems:
Some stains are difficult to remove with ordinary washing powder.
All the obstacles to an agreement have now been removed.
get rid of somebody/something to remove someone or something that you do not want. Get rid of is much more common than remove in everyday English, but is usually only used in active sentences:
They managed to get rid of all the weeds.
It was almost impossible to get rid of him.
eliminate to completely get rid of something that you do not want, especially because it is unnecessary or causing problems:
If you book online, this eliminates the need for a ticket.
The new system will help to eliminate costly delays.
eradicate to completely get rid of a disease or a problem:
The disease has been eradicated from most of Europe.
Street crime has almost been eradicated.
delete to remove something that has been written on a computer, or stored in a computer:
Do you want to delete this file?
Press 3 to delete the messages on your answerphone.
erase to remove recorded sounds or pictures from a tape, or writing from paper:
Shall I erase this video?
It’s better to cross out a mistake than to try to erase it.
cut to remove a part from a film, book, speech etc:
The most violent scenes were cut.
Parts of his original speech were cut.

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