eliminate

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Latin eliminatus, pp. of eliminare (to turn out of doors, banish) < e (out) + limen (a threshold), akin to limes (a boundary); see limit.

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  • IPA: /ɪ'lɪməneɪt/

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Infinitive
to eliminate

Third person singular
eliminates

Simple past
eliminated

Past participle
eliminated

Present participle
eliminating

to 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.
    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.

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[edit] Verb

eliminate

  1. Second-person plural present tense of eliminare.
  2. Second-person plural imperative of eliminare.
  3. Feminine plural of eliminato.