Eliminate

[E*limĀ·i*nate]

As eliminate means "get rid of or do away with," it has become used to refer to the end of a problem or even an entire species. We need to eliminate sources of pollution in order to maintain a healthy world.

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To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

Verb
eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

Verb
kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"

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terminate or take out; "Let''s eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

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remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations

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dismiss from consideration; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"

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remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"

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do away with


v. t.
To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

v. t.
To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity.

v. t.
To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration.

v. t.
To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion.

v. t.
To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system.


Eliminate

E*lim"i*nate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eliminated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Eliminating .] [L. eliminatus, p. p. of eliminare; e out + limen threshold; prob. akin to limes boundary. See Limit.] 1. To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.
Eliminate my spirit, give it range Through provinces of thought yet unexplored.
2. (Alg.) To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity. 3. To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration.
Eliminate errors that have been gathering and accumulating.
4. To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion. [Recent, and not well authorized] 5. (Physiol.) To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system.

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

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Usage Examples

It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources, so why not eliminate what you don't need as long as you're able to achieve the same result?

The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences in men.

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.

At our company, our Design and Construction Consulting Service Team not only helps eliminate the risks inherent in the construction process, they typically save our clients 5% - 10% on overall construction costs. They also help make sure projects come in on time.

Let us build a 21st-century rural economy of cutting-edge companies and technologies that lead us to energy and food security. Such an investment will revitalize rural America, re-establish our moral leadership on climate security and eliminate our addiction to foreign oil.

Our budget works to reduce and eliminate the risk of attacks at our ports, rails, in the skies, our food supply and roads by allowing for increases in many of the programs and agencies to help protect these important areas of commerce and travel.

The Australian Government's decision to take on the dominant funding role for the entire public hospital system is designed to: end the blame game eliminate waste and to shoulder the funding burden of the rapidly rising health costs of the future.

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Other Usage Examples

It is the great sadness of our species that we have not found a way to eliminate the conflict and to eliminate violence as a device to resolve our conflicts throughout the entire history of the human race.

I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest we're going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history of the country would indicate that's not a very realistic objective, and I think we have to have realistic objectives.

I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living.

Learning to see waste and systematically eliminate it has allowed lean companies such as Toyota to dominate entire industries. Lean thinking defines value as 'providing benefit to the customer' anything else is waste.

Daley may not feel a moral responsibility to eliminate discrimination but he has a legal obligation to do so.

Same-sex marriage would eliminate entirely in law the basic idea of a mother and a father for every child. It would create a society which deliberately chooses to deprive a child of either a mother or a father.

I've worked so hard to eliminate the inner geek from my life. I suddenly realize I have no patience for those people who still have their geeks showing. Now I see why being 'normal' has been so important to me.

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.

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