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- pronunciation:
lI
mih
neIt
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verb |
| inflections: |
eliminates, eliminating, eliminated |
| definition 1: |
If a person or thing eliminates something, it destroys it or makes it go away. It gets rid of it in some way.
The gardener is trying to eliminate the weeds from the flower garden.Many cleaning products claim to eliminate germs.Stains from blueberries can be hard to eliminate.- synonyms:
- remove
- similar words:
- abolish, cancel, delete, destroy, dispose of, erase, extinguish, kill
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| definition 2: |
If you eliminate a person or thing, you remove them from a set of choices or possibilities.
Because Max cheated in the contest, the judges eliminated him from the possible winners.- synonyms:
- remove
- similar words:
- delete, exclude, omit, reject, weed out
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| related words: |
kill |
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