ELIMINATE


Meaning of ELIMINATE in English

(~s, eliminating, ~d)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

To ~ something, especially something you do not want or need, means to remove it completely. (FORMAL)

The Sex Discrimination Act has not ~d discrimination in employment...

If you think you may be allergic to a food or drink, ~ it from your diet.

VERB: V n, V n from n

elimination

...the prohibition and elimination of chemical weapons.

N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n

2.

When a person or team is ~d from a competition, they are defeated and so take no further part in the competition.

I was ~d from the 400 metres in the semi-finals...

If you are ~d in the show-jumping then you are out of the complete competition.

= knock out

V-PASSIVE: be V-ed from n, be V-ed

3.

If someone says that they have ~d an enemy, they mean that they have killed them. By using the word ‘~’, they are trying to make the action sound more positive than if they used the word ‘kill’.

He declared war on the government and urged right-wingers to ~ their opponents...

VERB: V n

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