Eliminate

Quick meaning: Eliminate is a verb meaning (transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.

Meaning

(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).
2. (ambitransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).
3. (transitive) To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
4. (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
5. (transitive, military) To render (a facility) unusable, to destroy it; to disable (a soldier), make them unable to fight (typically but not necessarily by killing)

Example Sentences

a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies

Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.

[…] it should be possible to eliminate most of these mental "costs" by improving the e-shopping systems.

Last year, the company eliminated hundreds of jobs and asked some of the remaining staff to take on the responsibilities of those who were let go.

Word Forms

• eliminates
• eliminating
• eliminated

Synonyms for eliminate

Depending on context, synonyms include abrogate, abolish, erase, destroy, annihilate, aerosolize.

Antonyms for eliminate

Common opposites include necessitate, demand, need, take, involve, require.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include annihilate, wipe out, eradicate, extinguish, evacuate, obviate.

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