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   eliminate

   /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/

   verb

   • 1. completely remove or get rid of (something): "a policy that would eliminate inflation" Similar removeget rid ofabolishput an end todo away withbanishendstopterminateeradicatedestroyannihilatestamp outobliteratewipe outextinguishquashfinish offinformal:give something the chopknock something on the head
   • ▪ exclude (someone or something) from consideration or further participation: "the police have eliminated Lawrence from their inquiries" Similar knock outbeatget rid ofrule outdisqualify
   • ▪ murder (a rival or political opponent): "security agents have started a campaign to eliminate some of the government's opponents"
   • 2. expel (waste matter) from the body: "this diet claims to eliminate toxins from the body"
   • 3. remove (a variable) from an equation, typically by substituting another which is shown by another equation to be equivalent.
   • 4. generate (a simple substance) as a product in the course of a reaction involving larger molecules: "the acid portion of one molecule reacts with the basic portion of the other, and water is eliminated"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘drive out’): from Latin eliminat- ‘turned out of doors’, from the verb eliminare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + limen, limin- ‘threshold’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. eliminable adjective
   • 2. eliminatory adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

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   • E

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