Eliminate - Definition

v 1: terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on
Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these
archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" [syn: extinguish,
eliminate, get rid of, do away with]
2: do away with [syn: obviate, rid of, eliminate] [ant:
ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate,
need, postulate, require, take]
3: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire
population" [syn: eliminate, annihilate, extinguish,
eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off]
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" [syn:
rule out, eliminate, winnow out, reject]
5: eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" [syn:
excrete, egest, eliminate, pass]
6: remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated
all the competitors in the race"
7: remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations