eliminate

English

Etymology

From Latin eliminatus, past participle of eliminare (“to turn out of doors, banish”), from e (“out”) + limen (“a threshold”), akin to limes (“a boundary”); see limit.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈlɪməneɪt/

Verb

eliminate (third-person singular simple present eliminates, present participle eliminating, simple past and past participle eliminated)

1. (transitive) To completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists.
2. (slang) To kill (a person or animal).
3. (physiology) To excrete (waste products).
4. To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).

   Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.

   John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.

5. (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:destroy
• abrogate
• abolish

Related terms

• eliminable
• eliminant
• elimination
• eliminative
• eliminator
• eliminatory

Synonyms

• give the chop to
• give the boot to
• give the sack to
• give the walking papers to
• vote off

Translations

completely destroy

• Albanian: eliminoj, asgjësoj, zhduk
• Bulgarian: премахвам, елиминирам (bg) (premahvam, eliminiram)
• Catalan: eliminar (ca)
• Czech: odstranit (cs), eliminovat (cs)
• German: eliminieren (de), zerstören (de)

• Irish: deireadh (ga)
• Japanese: 除去する (jyokyo-suru)
• Russian: ликвидировать (ru) (likvidírovat’) impf./pf.
• Spanish: eliminar (es)

kill

• Albanian: asgjësoj,
• Bulgarian: убивам (bg) (ubivam)
• French: tuer (fr)
• German: umbringen (de), eliminieren (de)
• Japanese: 抹殺する (massatsu-suru)

• Korean: 제거하다 (ko)
• Russian: ликвидировать (ru) (likvidírovat’) impf./pf., уничтожать (ru) (uničtožát’) impf., уничтожить (ru) (uničtóžit’) pf.
• Spanish: matar (es)

eliminate the effects of intercompany transactions in a consolidation statement

• Finnish: eliminoida (fi)

External links

• eliminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• eliminate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Italian

Verb

eliminate

1. second-person plural present indicative of eliminare
2. second-person plural imperative of eliminare
3. Feminine plural of eliminato

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Latin

Verb

ēlīmināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēlīminō