eliminate

CEFRB1

/ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To remove or get rid of something completely.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To kill (a person or animal).

Examples

  • Credit cards eliminate the need to carry a lot of cash.

  • It is important to eliminate the social unrest.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /əˈlɪm.ɪ.næɪt/
  • /iˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To render (a facility) unusable, to destroy it; to disable (a soldier), make them unable to fight (typically but not necessarily by killing)

  2. To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.

  3. To excrete (waste products).

More examples

In context

  • We tried to eliminate all danger beforehand.

  • 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.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

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.