Synonyms:
extinguish, eliminate, get_rid_of, do_away_with
Meaning: terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
Synonyms:
obviate, rid_of, eliminate
Meaning: do away with
Synonyms:
eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe_out, decimate, carry_off
Meaning: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
Synonyms:
rule_out, eliminate, winnow_out, reject
Meaning: 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"
Synonyms:
excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
Meaning: eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
Usage examples
“I fancy it would not be very difficult to eliminate you as a factor in the situation,” she remarked icily.
Therefore it is necessary, by a final examination of their characteristics, to eliminate those features which are hostile to sociability.
It will hearten the mothers of the nation, eliminate a just grievance, and turn the devoted energies of brilliant women to a more hearty support of the Government in this crisis.
Also as a result of the psychoanalysis, but trying to eliminate the influence of suggestion, he recollects and emphasizes more the attraction he felt toward girls before the age of 12.
I won't deny that there's a lot of unnecessary brutality on the part of the native foremen and overseers, which we're trying, gradually, to eliminate. You'll have to remember, though, that we're dealing with a naturally brutal race."
It may not be able to perform a surgical operation like that which is required for the removal of a leg, and I don't believe even Wagner ever composed a measure that could be counted on successfully to eliminate one's vermiform appendix from its chief sphere of usefulness; but for other things, like measles, mumps, the snuffles, or indigestion, it is said to be wonderfully efficacious.