eliminate
1. terminate, end, or take out (Freq. 40)
- Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
- Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
- eliminate my debts
• Syn:
extinguish, get rid of, do away with
• Derivationally related forms:
elimination, eliminator
• Hypernyms:
destroy, destruct
• Hyponyms:
cancel out, wipe out, decouple, obliterate, knock out,
drown, cut out, cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise,
snuff out, extinguish, exclude, except, leave out, leave off,
omit, take out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. do away with (Freq. 13)
• Syn:
obviate, rid of
• Ant:
necessitate (for: obviate)
• Derivationally related forms:
obviation (for: obviate)
• Hyponyms:
preclude, rule out, close out
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
3. kill in large numbers (Freq. 2)
- the plague wiped out an entire population
• Syn:
annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
• Derivationally related forms:
decimation (for: decimate), wipeout (for: wipe out), extinction (for: extinguish), annihilative (for: annihilate), annihilation (for: annihilate), annihilator (for: annihilate)
• Hypernyms:
kill
• Verb Group:
decimate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- They want to eliminate the prisoners
4. dismiss from consideration or a contest (Freq. 1)
- 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, winnow out, reject
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. eliminate from the body (Freq. 1)
- Pass a kidney stone
• Syn:
excrete, egest, pass
• Derivationally related forms:
passing (for: pass), excretory (for: excrete), excretion (for: excrete), excreting (for: excrete), elimination
• Hypernyms:
exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release
• Hyponyms:
sweat, sudate, perspire, exude, exudate,
transude, ooze out, ooze, make, urinate, piddle,
puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water,
relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water,
evacuate, void, empty, stool, defecate, shit,
take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, vomit, vomit up,
purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge,
regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue,
chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. remove from a contest or race
- The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race
• Hypernyms:
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
7. remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
• Derivationally related forms:
elimination
• Topics:
mathematics, math, maths
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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