Eliminate meaning

What does “eliminate” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“eliminate” is a verb with 7 meanings. Its most common meaning is: terminate, end, or take out.

eliminate

terminate, end, or take out
“Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics”
“Socialism extinguished these archaic customs”
Synonymsextinguish get rid of do away with
do away with
Synonymsobviate rid of
kill in large numbers
“the plague wiped out an entire population”
Synonymsannihilate extinguish eradicate wipe out decimate carry off
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”
Synonymsrule out winnow out reject
eliminate from the body
“Pass a kidney stone”
Synonymsexcrete egest pass
remove from a contest or race
“The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race”
remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University