eliminate
verb
1 eliminate
Terminate, end, or take out:
— Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics.
— Eliminate my debts.
synonyms: do away with, extinguish, get rid of.
Roget 297:
give exit,
give vent to;
let out,
give out,
pour out,
squeeze out,
send out;
dispatch,
despatch;
exhale,
excern†,
excrete;
embogue†;
secrete,
secern†;
extravasate [Med.],
shed,
void,
evacuation;
emit;
open the sluices,
open the floodgates;
turn on the tap;
extrude,
detrude†;
effuse,
spend,
expend;
pour forth;
squirt,
spirt†,
spurt,
spill,
slop;
perspire
etc.
(exude)
295;
breathe,
blow
etc.
(wind)
349.
tap,
draw off;
bale out,
lade out;
let blood,
broach.
eject,
reject;
expel,
discard;
cut,
send to coventry,
boycott;
chasser [Fr.];
banish
etc.
(punish)
972;
bounce [U.S.];
fire [Slang],
fire out [Slang];
throw
etc.
284,
throw out,
throw up,
throw off,
throw away,
throw aside;
push
etc.
276;
throw out,
throw off,
throw away,
throw aside;
shovel out,
shovel away,
sweep out,
sweep away;
brush off,
brush away,
whisk off,
whisk away,
turn off,
turn away,
send off,
send away;
discharge;
send adrift,
turn adrift,
cast adrift;
turn out,
bundle out;
throw overboard;
give the sack to;
send packing,
send about one's business,
send to the right about;
strike off the roll
etc.
(abrogate)
756;
turn out neck and heels,
turn out head and shoulders,
turn out neck and crop;
pack off;
send away with a flea in the ear;
send to Jericho;
bow out,
show the door to,
turn out of doors,
turn out of house and home;
evict,
oust;
unhouse,
unkennel;
dislodge;
unpeople†,
dispeople†;
depopulate;
relegate,
deport.
empty;
drain to the dregs;
sweep off;
clear off,
clear out,
clear away;
suck,
draw off;
clean out,
make a clean sweep of,
clear decks,
purge.
embowel†,
disbowel†,
disembowel;
eviscerate,
gut;
unearth,
root out,
root up;
averuncate†;
weed out,
get out;
eliminate,
get rid of,
do away with,
shake off;
exenterate†.
vomit,
throw up,
regurgitate,
spew,
puke,
keck†,
retch,
heave,
upchuck,
chuck up,
barf;
belch out;
cast up,
bring up,
be sick,
get sick,
worship the porcelain god.
disgorge;
expectorate,
clear the throat,
hawk,
spit,
sputter,
splutter,
slobber,
drivel,
slaver,
slabber†;
eructate;
drool.
unpack,
unlade,
unload,
unship,
offload;
break bulk;
dump.
be let out.
spew forth,
erupt,
ooze
etc.
(emerge)
295.
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Roget 42:
render simple
etc.
adj.;
simplify.
sift,
winnow,
bolt,
eliminate;
exclude,
get rid of;
clear;
purify
etc.
(clean)
652;
disentangle
etc.
(disjoin)
44.
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2 eliminate
3 eliminate
Kill in large numbers.
synonyms: annihilate, carry off, decimate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out.
Roget 103:
be few
etc.
adj..
render few
etc.
adj.;
reduce,
diminish the number,
weed,
eliminate,
cull,
thin,
decimate.
Roget 301:
extract,
draw;
take out,
draw out,
pull out,
tear out,
pluck out,
pick out,
get out;
wring from,
wrench;
extort;
root up,
weed up,
grub up,
rake up,
root out,
weed out,
grub out,
rake out;
eradicate;
pull up by the roots,
pluck up by the roots;
averruncate†;
unroot†;
uproot,
pull up,
extirpate,
dredge.
remove;
educe,
elicit;
evolve,
extricate;
eliminate
etc.
(eject)
297;
eviscerate
etc.
297.
express,
squeeze out,
press out.
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Roget 38:
subduct,
subtract;
deduct,
deduce;
bate,
retrench;
remove,
withdraw,
take from,
take away;
detract.
garble,
mutilate,
amputate,
detruncate†;
cut off,
cut away,
cut out;
abscind†,
excise;
pare,
thin,
prune,
decimate;
abrade,
scrape,
file;
geld,
castrate;
eliminate.
diminish
etc.
36;
curtail
etc.
(shorten)
201;
deprive of
etc.
(take)
789;
weaken.
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Dutch: annihileren, vernietigen
4 eliminate
Dismiss from consideration or a contest:
— This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration.
synonyms: reject, rule out, winnow out.
Roget 55:
be excluded from
&c.;
exclude,
bar;
leave out,
shut out,
bar out;
reject,
repudiate,
blackball;
lay apart,
put apart,
set apart,
lay aside,
put aside;
relegate,
segregate;
throw overboard;
strike off,
strike out;
neglect
etc.
460;
banish
etc.
(seclude)
893;
separate
etc.
(disjoin)
44.
pass over,
omit;
garble;
eliminate,
weed,
winnow.
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5 eliminate
Eliminate from the body.
synonyms: egest, excrete, pass.
Dutch: uitscheiden, afscheiden
6 eliminate
Remove from a contest or race.
7 eliminate
Remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations.
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