Dictionary entry details
• ELIMINATE (verb)
Meaning:
Terminate or take out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
eliminate; do away with; get rid of
Context example:
Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
Hypernyms (to "eliminate" is one way to...):
destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "eliminate"):
except; exclude; leave off; leave out; omit; take out (prevent from being included or considered or accepted)
extinguish; snuff out (put an end to; kill)
cut; prune; rationalise; rationalize (weed out unwanted or unnecessary things)
cut out (delete or remove)
drown (get rid of as if by submerging)
knock out (eliminate)
obliterate (do away with completely, without leaving a trace)
decouple (eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive))
decouple (reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another))
cancel out; wipe out (wipe out the effect of something)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Do away with
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
obviate; rid of; eliminate
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "eliminate"):
close out; preclude; rule out (make impossible, especially beforehand)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Kill in large numbers
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
annihilate; eradicate; wipe out; decimate; eliminate; carry off; extinguish
Context example:
the plague wiped out an entire population
Hypernyms (to "eliminate" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to eliminate the prisoners
Meaning:
Dismiss from consideration or a contest
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
winnow out; rule out; eliminate; reject
Context examples:
John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi / This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Eliminate from the body
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
egest; excrete; eliminate; pass
Context example:
Pass a kidney stone
Hypernyms (to "eliminate" is one way to...):
discharge; eject; expel; release (eliminate (substances) from the body)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "eliminate"):
perspire; sudate; sweat (excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin)
barf; be sick; cast; cat; chuck; disgorge; honk; puke; purge; regorge; regurgitate; retch; sick; spew; spue; throw up; upchuck; vomit; vomit up (eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth)
ca-ca; crap; defecate; make; shit; stool; take a crap; take a shit (have a bowel movement)
empty; evacuate; void (excrete or discharge from the body)
urinate (pass after the manner of urine)
make; make water; micturate; pass water; pee; pee-pee; piddle; piss; puddle; relieve oneself; spend a penny; take a leak; urinate; wee; wee-wee (eliminate urine)
exudate; exude; ooze; ooze out; transude (release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Remove from a contest or race
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race
Hypernyms (to "eliminate" is one way to...):
beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "eliminate" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
