(~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