e·lim·i·nate [ i límmə nàyt ](past and past participlee·lim·i·nat·ed, present participlee·lim·i·nat·ing, 3rd person present singulare·lim·i·nates)
transitive verb
Definition:
1. get rid of something: to put an end to something, usually something undesirable They are pledged to eliminate poverty by the end of the century.
2. reject somebody or something: to decide to exclude somebody or something from further consideration The police eliminated him from the list of suspects.
3. sports defeat somebody in competition: to defeat a player or team and put them out of a competition
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usually passive
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The local team was eliminated in the first round.
4. murder somebody: to kill an opponent
5. physiology get rid of bodily waste: to expel waste from the body
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technical
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6. mathematics remove mathematical variable: to remove variables from two or more simultaneous mathematical equations by combining the equations
[Mid-16th century. < Latin eliminat-, past participle of eliminare "turn out of doors" < limen "threshold"]
