Definition

1. Verb:
   • To completely remove or get rid of something: To take something away so that it no longer exists or is a factor.
   • To defeat and remove from a competition: To cause someone or something to no longer be in a contest, race, or selection process.
   • To excrete from the body: To pass waste matter out of the body.
   • To kill, especially in large numbers: To destroy or end the life of many living things.
   • To dismiss from consideration: To decide that something is not possible or relevant.

Usage and Examples

• To remove or get rid of:
  • The new software will eliminate the need for manual data entry.
  • We must eliminate all sources of error from the experiment.
• To defeat in a competition:
  • The champion eliminated all challengers in the first round.
  • Our team was eliminated from the tournament after a single loss.
• To excrete from the body:
  • The kidneys help to eliminate toxins from the bloodstream.
• To kill:
  • The goal of the campaign was to eliminate the invasive species from the island.
• To dismiss from consideration:
  • The detective eliminated several suspects who had solid alibis.

Advanced Usage

• "Eliminate the possibility": To rule something out as an option.
  • We can eliminate the possibility of a hardware failure; the problem is in the software.
• "Eliminate the middleman": To remove intermediaries in a process or transaction.
  • By selling directly online, the company eliminates the middleman and reduces costs.

Variants and Related Words

• Elimination (n): The act or process of eliminating.
  • The elimination of poverty is a key goal.
  • He faced elimination in the next round of the competition.
• Eliminator (n): One who or that which eliminates.
  • The team entered the match as the underdog eliminator.

Synonyms

• Remove: To take away.
• Eradicate: To destroy completely.
• Excrete: To discharge waste.
• Oust: To force out.
• Annihilate: To destroy utterly.

Phrasal Verbs and Related Constructions

• "Eliminate from": To remove someone or something from a specific group, place, or consideration.
  • He was eliminated from the candidate list.
  • Sugar was eliminated from her diet.

Related Idioms

• "To eliminate the competition": To defeat all rivals, often decisively.
  • Their aggressive pricing strategy aims to eliminate the competition.

Verb

1. remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
2. remove from a contest or race
   • The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race
3. eliminate from the body
   • Pass a kidney stone
4. dismiss from consideration or a contest
   • John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi
   • This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration
5. kill in large numbers
   • the plague wiped out an entire population
6. do away with
7. terminate, end, or take out
   • Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
   • Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
   • eliminate my debts