Definitions for eliminate

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eliminate e·lim·i·nate

Spelling: [ih-lim-uh-neyt]

IPA: /ɪˈlɪm əˌneɪt/

Eliminate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 352 anagrams from letters in eliminate (aeeiilmnt).

Definitions for eliminate

verb (used with object)

1. to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable: Synonyms: do away with, banish, abolish, eradicate, erase, exterminate, cut out, annihilate, weed out, stamp out, rub out. Antonyms: obtain, get, invite.
2. to omit, especially as being unimportant or irrelevant; leave out: Synonyms: throw out, exclude, drop, delete, except. Antonyms: include, accept, admit, incorporate.
3. to remove from further consideration or competition, especially by defeating in a contest.
4. to eradicate or kill:
5. Physiology. to void or expel from an organism.
6. Mathematics. to remove (a quantity) from an equation by elimination.

Origin of eliminate

1560-70; 1915-20 for def 4; Latin ēlīminātus turned out of doors (past participle of ēlīmināre), equivalent to ē- e-¹ + līmin-, stem of līmen threshold + -ātu

Examples for eliminate

To attempt to eliminate fear and retain this concept of God is vain.

"I thought we should eliminate the office and save the state" what he estimates is $1 million in annual expenses.

Also I noted the absence of the Mixer and wondered how the host had contrived to eliminate her.

The knowledge we gain from you has enabled us to eliminate at least half of our microbes.

If we eliminate the three first, the unknown remainder will be justice.

The J in its name actually stands for Jian—annihilate, eliminate.

The authors took care to eliminate the possibility of other sources of polarization, which is always a concern in astronomy.

And chief instigator of the trouble we've been sent to eliminate.

He ran on a serious one-issue platform: eliminate the office of lieutenant governor.

Third, the destruction: These hedge-fund managers want to eliminate all limits and oversight of charter schools.