English Explanatory Dictionary

eliminate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
To render (a facility) unusable, to destroy it; to disable (a soldier), make them unable to fight (typically but not necessarily by killing)
To kill (a person or animal).
To excrete (waste products).
To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/ /ɪˈlɪm.ə.neɪt/ /iˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/ /iˈlɪm.ə.neɪt/ /əˈlɪm.ə.neɪt/ /əˈlɪm.ɪ.næɪt/ En-au-eliminate.ogg

Word forms

eliminate eliminates eliminating eliminated

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlīminātus, perfect passive participle of ēlīminō (“to turn out of doors, banish”), from ē- + līmen (“a threshold”, līmin- in compounds) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), akin to Latin līmes (“a boundary”); see also English limit and limen.

Synonyms

abrogate abolish erase destroy annihilate aerosolize atomize benothing bewreck blot out blotto dash decompose demolish desolate devastate diffuse disintegrate disperse dissolve eliminate eradicate exterminate extinguish extirpate fordo fuck harry jazz lay waste level liquidate nuke obliterate overthrow overturn pull down pulverize race raze ravage ravel remove ruin ruinate stamp out total subvert unbreed unexist unmake uproot waste wipe out wipe off wreck neutralize break the seal hit the head micturate

Related words

eliminable eliminant elimination eliminative eliminator eliminatory

Derived words

eliminatrix

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