Definitions for eliminates

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eliminates e·lim·i·nate

Spelling: [ih-lim-uh-neyt]

IPA: /ɪˈlɪm əˌneɪt/

Eliminates is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 788 anagrams from letters in eliminates (aeeiilmnst).

Definitions for eliminates

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 eliminates

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 eliminates

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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