eliminate

verb

elim·i·nate i-ˈli-mə-ˌnāt

eliminated; eliminating

Synonyms of eliminate next

transitive verb

: to put an end to or get rid of : remove

eliminate errors

: to remove from consideration

eliminate someone as a suspect

: to remove from further competition by defeating

the team was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs

: to expel (waste) from the living body

mathematics : to cause to disappear by combining two or more equations

eliminate an unknown quantity

intransitive verb

: to expel waste from the living body

eliminative

i-ˈli-mə-ˌnā-tiv

adjective

eliminator

i-ˈli-mə-ˌnā-tər

noun

Example Sentences

Doctors seek to eliminate the causes of the epidemic. The body naturally eliminates waste products. The company plans to eliminate more than 2,000 jobs in the coming year. She's trying to eliminate fatty foods from her diet.

Recent Examples on the Web The simplest fix is to eliminate the temptation to scroll altogether. —

Julie Jargon, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2023 One easy way to corral clutter is to eliminate the pool of footwear that tends to collect by the door. —

Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2023 The point, the department says, is to eliminate some of the complexity that deters people from enrolling. —

Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023 In a statement regarding the changes, Stanford University explained the goal was to eliminate racist, violent and biased language which could be harmful. —

Amy Nelson, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2022 The goal here is not to eliminate every single source of greenhouse gas emissions, but to slash at least 85 percent of them, and then support natural resources or technologies that can absorb what remains. —

Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2022 But the innovative director is taking some interesting steps that are possible only with digital media to eliminate some of the issues that The Hobbit had. —

K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 15 Dec. 2022 The main purpose of empowering the leader to make this selection was to eliminate internal caucus politics from the job, something that harmed the two previous DCCC chairs, Reps. Cheri Bustos (Ill.) and Sean Patrick Maloney (N.Y.). —

Paul Kane, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2022 Officials said the goal in creating the new boundaries is to eliminate bus routes to create a more efficient system that reduces long wait times for students in getting to and from school and reduces work loads for bus drivers. —

Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2022 See More

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