Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: eliminate
IPA transcription: [ɪl'ɪmən,eɪt]
Pronunciations of eliminate
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verb meaning of the word
  • 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.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Orion (spacecraft), License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording George H. W. Bush, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Han dynasty, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Transhumanism, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Thomas Jefferson, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cat, License CC BY-SA 4.0