| v. t. | 1. | To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty. |
| 2. | (Alg.) To cause to disappear from an equation; | |
| 3. | To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration. | |
| 4. | To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; | |
| 5. | (Physiol.) To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; |
| Verb | 1. | eliminate - terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics" Synonyms: do away with, get rid of |
| 2. | eliminate - do away with | |
| 3. | eliminate - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" | |
| 4. | eliminate - dismiss from consideration; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" | |
| 5. | eliminate - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" | |
| 6. | eliminate - remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race" | |
| 7. | eliminate - remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations |
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