eliminate
Other forms: eliminated; eliminating; eliminates
As eliminate means "get rid of or do away with," it has become used to refer to the end of a problem or even an entire species. We need to eliminate sources of pollution in order to maintain a healthy world.
The original literal meaning of eliminate was "to thrust over the threshold and out of doors, to kick out," but the 18th century saw the word expand to mean "to exclude," and later to ridding the body of waste. The verb then came to refer to getting rid of anything, such as a problem or foul odor. The word took an ominous turn in the 20th century, when we saw man-made pollution eliminate whole species, and war, hate, and famine nearly eliminate whole groups of people.
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terminate, end, or take out“Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics”“eliminate my debts”
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synonyms:
do away with, extinguish, get rid of
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cancel out, wipe out
wipe out the effect of something
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decouple
reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another)
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decouple
eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive)
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annihilate, obliterate
do away with completely, without leaving a trace
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knock out
eliminate
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drown
get rid of as if by submerging
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cut out
delete or remove
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cut, prune, rationalise, rationalize
weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
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extinguish, snuff out
put an end to; kill
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except, exclude, leave off, leave out, omit, take out
prevent from being included or considered or accepted
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excise
remove by cutting
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stamp
destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot
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elide
leave or strike out
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put out, smother
deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
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do away with
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dismiss from consideration or a contest“This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration”
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synonyms:
reject, rule out, winnow out
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remove from a contest or race
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eliminate from the body
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perspire, sudate, sweat
excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
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exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude
release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities
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urinate
pass after the manner of urine
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empty, evacuate, void
excrete or discharge from the body
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ca-ca, defecate, make, stool
have a bowel movement
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barf, be sick, chuck, disgorge, regurgitate, throw up, vomit, vomit up
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
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distil, distill
give off (a liquid)
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fume, reek
be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
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transpire
give off (water) through the skin
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extravasate
geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth
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stream
exude profusely
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gum
exude or form gum
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release, secrete
generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
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swelter
suffer from intense heat
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wet
make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating
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stale
urinate, of cattle and horses
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suction
empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction
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dung
defecate; used of animals
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froth
exude or expel foam
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kill in large numbers
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synonyms:
annihilate, carry off, decimate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out
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decimate
kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
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kill
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
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decimate
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remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
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