Eliminate (Verb)
Meaning 2
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".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Synonyms
Meaning 3
Terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Leave Out
- Take Out
- Leave Off
- Cancel Out
- Snuff Out
- Obliterate
- Omit
- Rationalise
- Decouple
- Drown
- Exclude
- Cut
- Knock Out
- Cut Out
- Rationalize
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Meaning 4
Kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Synonyms
Meaning 5
Eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone".
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Micturate
- Sweat
- Cast
- Vomit Up
- Sick
- Retch
- Chuck
- Spew
- Defecate
- Puke
- Wee-wee
- Take A Shit
- Barf
- Make
- Crap
- Puddle
- Regurgitate
- Evacuate
- Upchuck
- Make Water
- Disgorge
- Spend A Penny
- Wee
- Pee
- Sudate
- Urinate
- Honk
- Ooze
- Relieve Oneself
- Void
- Pee-pee
- Cat
- Exude
- Pass Water
- Stool
- Piss
- Be Sick
- Ca-ca
- Take A Leak
- Vomit
- Throw Up
- Regorge
- Spue
- Exudate
- Ooze Out
- Take A Crap
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Meaning 6
Remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race".
Classification
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
Hypernyms
Meaning 7
Remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations.
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- To eliminate x from the two equations, we need to multiply the first equation by 2 and the second equation by 3, then add them together.
- By multiplying the two equations by different constants, we can eliminate one variable and solve for the other.
- If we add the two equations, we can eliminate y and solve for x in terms of the constants.
- We can eliminate one variable from the system of equations by subtracting one equation from the other.
- The goal is to eliminate all unknown variables but one from the system of equations to solve for it.