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Eliminate

Definitions: Eliminate

Eliminate

Verb

1. Terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics".

2. Do away with.

3. Kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population".

4. 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".

5. Eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone".

6. Excrete or discharge from the body.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "eliminate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references)

Note: Eliminate \E*lim"i*nate\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Eliminated; present participle verb or noun Eliminating.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Eliminate

Synonyms: annihilate (v), carry off (v), decimate (v), do away with (v), egest (v), empty (v), eradicate (v), evacuate (v), excrete (v), extinguish (v), get rid of (v), obviate (v), pass (v), reject (v), rid of (v), rule out (v), void (v), wipe out (v). (additional references)
Antonym: necessitate (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Eliminate

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Ejection

Embowel, disbowel, disembowel; eviscerate, gut; unearth, root out, root up; averuncate; weed out, get out; eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off; exenterate.

Exclusion

Pass over, omit; garble; eliminate, weed, winnow.

Extraction

Remove; educe, elicit; evolve, extricate; eliminate; (eject); eviscerate.

Fewness

Render few; Adjective: reduce, diminish the number, weed, eliminate, cull, thin, decimate.

Nonaddition Subtraction

Garble, mutilate, amputate, detruncate; cut off, cut away, cut out; abscind, excise; pare, thin, prune, decimate; abrade, scrape, file; geld, castrate; eliminate.

Simpleness

Sift, winnow, bolt, eliminate; exclude, get rid of; clear; purify; (clean); disentangle; (disjoin).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Eliminate

English words defined with "eliminate": apoptosisbasecaspase-mediated cell deathdeodorize, discharge, do away withegest, eject, electronic manipulative deception, Eliminated, Eliminating, excrete, expelget rid ofknock outliquidatemake, make water, manipulative electronic deception, micturatepass, pass water, pay off, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, Polaroid, programmed cell death, puddlerecalculation, release, relieve oneselfspend a penny, sweep awaytake a leakurinate, Uropoeticwash away, wee, wee-wee, wipe out. (references)
Specialty definitions using "eliminate": agreement deemed to be justified, air-leg support, AIRPLANE PILOT, PHOTOGRAMMETRY, Amino Acid Substitution, antenna effect, antifoam, antifoam agent, antifoaming, antifoaming agent, anti-froth agent, antifrothing agent, antiscumming agent, Articles interchanged, ASPHALT-PAVING-MACHINE OPERATOR, asphalt-spreader operator, assertive actionBaghouse Filter, baker, bench, BALANCE TRUER, balanced differences, basic lining process, BENCH HAND, Biological halflife, biosafety manual, bit stuffing, bituminous-paving-machine operator, blacktop spreader, blacktop-paver operator, Blue Pencilchair mat, chair trimmer, CHAIR UPHOLSTERER, CHILL-PROOF, CHRONOMETER ASSEMBLER AND ADJUSTER, COOK, SYRUP MAKER, cooker, syrup, COOLING-PIPE INSPECTOR, counselor, dormitory, CRACKING-UNIT OPERATOR, Critical control point, cutting supervisordata normalization, decouple, deferred maintenance, defoamer, defoaming agent, desegregation of the labour market, Destratification, director, product assurance, DIRECTOR, QUALITY ASSURANCE, dormitory supervisor, dough molder, hand, dust-suppression systemecho-suppressor, ELECTROLYSIS-AND-CORROSION-CONTROL ENGINEER, electronic meeting, ELECTRONICS ENGINEER, Enamel Microabrasion, Enterosorption, EXTRUSION-PRESS ADJUSTER, EXTRUSION-PRESS OPERATOR If oam-preventing product, FICCDC, FIELD-SERVICE ENGINEER, final-touch-up painter, finish repairer, FIRE INSPECTOR, flexure correction, foam breaker, foam depressant, foam inhibitor, FOREIGN-EXCHANGE-POSITION CLERK, FOXING PAINTER, frequency coordination, frequency co-ordinationGEAR INSPECTOR, General Public Virus, Gross rentHalflife, biological, head resident, dormitor, HOLMESαναλογία των φύλωνimmersion cup, induction therapy, INDUCTION-COORDINATION POWER ENGINEER, INDUSTRIAL HYGIENISTjaw relation record, jogger operatorLAYBOY TENDER, LEAD FORMER, lead presser, LENS-MOLD SETTERmachine for stretching skins or leather, MAGNESIUM-MILL OPERATOR, manager, factory, MANAGER, GAME PRESERVE, manager, general, MANAGER, LAND DEVELOPMENT, manager, plant, manager, production. (references)

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Modern Usage: Eliminate

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I was just thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. (The Player; writing credit: Michael Tolkin)

It must be programmed to do so to eliminate competition! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Don't stop for lunch: be ahead of your competitor. The Billows Feeding Machine will eliminate the lunch hour, increase your production, and decrease your overhead. (Modern Times; writing credit: Charles Chaplin)

You must learn to eliminate your desire. (The Tao of Steve; writing credit: Duncan North; Greer Goodman)

That's what you're trying to eliminate, isn't it? Everything that makes one human being different from another. (Kafka; writing credit: Lem Dobbs)

Lyrics

That all we do is eliminate our future with the things we do today ("I Believe"; performing artist: Blessid Union Of Souls)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Eliminate

DomainTitle

Books

  • Eliminate the Losers (reference)

  • The 10% Solution for a Healthy Life: How to Reduce Fat in Your Diet and Eliminate Virtually All Risk of Heart Disease and Cancer (reference)

  • The No-Salt Cookbook: Reduce or Eliminate Salt Without Sacrificing Flavor (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Eliminate

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Eliminate

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A sono-radio-buoy developed to eliminate need for station boats RAR operations in the Gulf of Mexico Forerunner of Anti-submarine warfare sonobuoys.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Chuck Leinen, NRCS engineer, talks with homeowners in Washington Co following completion of berm rehabilation needed to eliminate risk caused by flash flooding of creek directly behind housing development. Emergency Watershed Program provided the needed s.Credit: Bob Nichols.

This photo is of a multi-phased project. Juniper was initially cut to get fuel on the ground and after a year of curing it was burned. It was part of a project to eliminate junipter in an aspen stand. Total project was about 100 acres. It was burned in late summer and was successful in meeting objectives of releasing aspen. Part of the project involved leaving some downed junipter as a barrier to keep elk out of areas where aspen sprouted.Credit: Steve Lent.

[Men watching a slide show ... campaign to eliminate venereal diseases].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Eliminate

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Stopping these behaviors may eliminate the insomnia altogether. (references)

Medical help is available to reduce and eliminate these factors. (references)

Other proteins help the immune system to eliminate excess or unwanted cells. (references)

Business

For high technology products, China will eliminate all tariffs. (references)

She also called on government units to eliminate gender preference in their hiring practices. (references)

From there, we eliminate all currency effects by standardizing within each category (creating ratios). (references)

Children

Argentina

A 1994 law intended to eliminate barriers for persons with disabilities mandates standards regarding access to public buildings, parks, plazas, stairs, and pedestrian areas. (references)

China

The minimum age for adopting a healthy child is now set at 30 instead of 35. Some observers worry that the law, which became effective in 1999, may eliminate the age-based incentive for the adoption of children with special needs. (references)

Germany

The law mandates several special services for persons with disabilities; they are entitled to assistance to avert, eliminate, or alleviate the consequences of their disabilities and to secure employment commensurate with their abilities. (references)

Civil Liberties

China

At the same time, the leaders called for stepped-up measures to eliminate non-mainstream religious groups. (references)

Libya

In an apparent effort to eliminate all alternative power bases, the Government has banned the once powerful Sanusiyya Islamic sect. (references)

Kazakhstan

In response to a 2000 request by the Ministry of Justice, the Jehovah's Witnesses amended their charter to eliminate education as a religious activity. (references)

Economic History

Peru

The by-laws may eliminate this right. (references)

Yemen

A national strategic plan to eliminate corruption, however, is still not in place. (references)

Hong Kong

Upon China's WTO accession, China will eliminate all tariffs on all imported software. (references)

Human Rights

Latvia

In May the Ministry of Defense initiated a program to eliminate hazing. (references)

Jamaica

Officers are being trained in alternative restraint methods in order to eliminate use of the baton. (references)

Brazil

Abreu Filho also publicly admitted the existence of torture in FEBEM, and undertook measures to eliminate its use. (references)

Minorities

Lebanon

Refugees fear that the Government may reduce the size of the camps or eliminate them completely. (references)

India

Despite longstanding efforts to eliminate the discriminatory aspects of caste, the practice remains widespread. (references)

Slovak Republic

In September after the police raid, the police organized an international conference addressing strategies to eliminate extremism. (references)

Political Economy

Pakistan

The military government has vowed to eliminate the culture of corruption. (references)

KUWAIT

Draft legislation before the National Assembly would eliminate these restrictions. (references)

HUNGARY

Hungary has requested a seven-year transition period after EU accession to eliminate this restriction. (references)

Political Rights

Czech Republic

During the year, the European Commission again noted the need to eliminate the law. (references)

Ukraine

The Government allegedly used official agencies, especially the State Tax Administration, to disrupt or eliminate the businesses of political opponents prior to the elections. (references)

Cameroon

Delegate-run cities, of which there were only four in 1992, by 1996 included most of the provincial capitals and some division capitals in pro-opposition provinces, but not in the southern provinces that had tended to support the CPDM. In 1998 a 60-member Committee on Good Governance, created by the Government, publicly recommended that the Government eliminate the position of delegate to allow elected local officials to manage municipal governments more freely. (references)

Trade

Egypt

They are designed to eliminate trading loopholes. (references)

Botswana

South Africa claimed the move was necessary to eliminate pervasive VAT evasion fraud. (references)

Luxembourg

It will also not eliminate differences in consumer buying patterns or distribution channels. (references)

Women

Taiwan

The law also stipulates that measures be taken to eliminate sexual harassment in the workplace. (references)

Bahamas

Legislation to amend the Constitution and eliminate this discrimination was before the House of Assembly at year's end. (references)

Indonesia

The law requires the Government to formulate national policies to forbid and eliminate discrimination (including by gender) in the workplace. (references)

Worker Rights

Turkey

However, private sector employers continued to try to eliminate unions. (references)

Guatemala

In July the Ministry launched a national campaign to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. (references)

Madagascar

Since 1997 the Government has participated in an international program with the ILO to eliminate child labor. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Eliminate

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dick Cheney

That's right. And what you have to do is also go on offense. We've got to go eliminate the terrorists, and that obviously is the major part of the effort that's under way now, but it takes time.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Eliminate

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969Wherever waste is found, I will eliminate it.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981Government cannot eliminate poverty or provide a bountiful economy or reduce inflation or save our cities or cure illiteracy or provide energy.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Our commitment to fairness means that we must assure legal and economic equity for women, and eliminate, once and for all, all traces of unjust discrimination against women from the United States Code.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001We achieved agreements with Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan to eliminate their nuclear arsenals.

George W. Bush

2001-2005My hope is that all nations will heed our call, and eliminate the terrorist parasites who threaten their countries and our own.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Eliminate

"Eliminate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 83.18% of the time. "Eliminate" is used about 1,081 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)83.18%8997,952
Lexical Verb (base form)9.8%10631,637
Adjective (general or positive)6.47%7039,981
Noun (singular)0.55%6143,867
                    Total100.00%1,081N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Eliminate

Expression using "eliminate": eliminate smb.. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Eliminate

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

eliminate debt

126

eliminate mortgage

85

eliminate pop ups

83

eliminate credit card debt

67

eliminate popup

48

eliminate spam

43

eliminate

40

eliminate pop up ads

27

eliminate spyware

19

eliminate pet odor

17
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Eliminate

Language Translations for "eliminate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

eliminoj, pastroj (abrade, char, clarify, clean, cleanse, clear up, defecate, depurate, deterge, grub, gut, lustrate, pick, purge, rarefy, rectify, refine, scavenge, scour, scrub, sweep, try), përjashtoj (bar, cast out, count out, dispense, disqualify, drop, except, exclude, excommunicate, expel, forbid, foreclose, oust, reject, rule out, score out, send down, weed out), mënjanoj (avert, avoid, deflect, depart, elude, leave out, move aside, remove, save, shunt, stave off, store, store up, suspend, thrift, translocate, turn aside, uncurtain, ward off), largoj (avert, avoid, brush away, brush off, call off, cast out, despatch, dislodge, dismiss, dispatch, dispel, divert, estrange, freeze out, keep away, keep off, lead off, lift out, pack off, push aside, push away, push off, put off, relegate, remove, seclude, stave off, take away, turn, wean, whiffle), heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring), asgjësoj (annihilate, decimate, destroy, devour, disannul, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, fast, finish, finish off, frustrate, liquidate, overturn, rub out, scathe, shake down, slate, smite, stultify, trample down, unbuild, undo, unmake, uproot). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قصى (disbar, estrange, exclude), ‏تجاهل (cut, disregard, ignore, ignoring, inattention, neglect, overlooking, override, passing over, slight, slighting, wink at), ‏طرد (banish, banishment, bounce, bouncer, cashier, cast out, chuck, deport, deportation, disgrace, dislodge, dismiss, dismissal, dispossess, dispossession, disqualification, drive out, drum, eject, ejection, elimination, evaporate, evict, eviction, expel, expulsion, fence, fight down, get off, hunt, in order of the boot, oust, ouster, pitch, poke, put out, removal, remove, repel, rout, sack, scat, send, send packing, sending away, shake, shrift, sling out, spurn, throw out, toss, toss out, turf, turf out, turn away, turn off, turn out), ‏إستبعد (exclude, preclude, shut out), ‏إزالة (abstraction, elimination, removal, sweep), ‏ألغى (abolish, abort, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, deactivate, dissolve, do away with, lift, negate, nullify, obliterate, override, overrule, quash, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule out, scratch, scrub, set aside, spike, stop, undo, vacate), ‏أزال (abstract, assuage, ax, axe, bulldoze, clear, clear away, declassify, dismantle, dispel, enucleate, eviscerate, excise, obliterate, preclude, put aside, relieve, remove, rest, retrench, rid, rub, rub out, settle, slip, smooth, stave off, suppress, take away). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

освобождавам се от (clear off, dispense with, escape), отстранявам (chase, cut away, extirpate, fend off, get away, keep away, obviate, preclude, push aside, push away, reject, remove, repel, send off, shake, sweep away, take out, weed out), отделям (abstract, cull, detach, discharge, disestablish, disjoin, dissever, disunite, educe, eject, emit, estrange, evolve, excrete, exhale, extricate, exude, insulate, isolate, lay aside, part, prescind, pry, screen, seclude, secrete, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set off, sever, sort, spare, tear away, unfix, unjoin, unyoke), елиминирам (knock out, wash out), премахвам (cut out, delete, do away, do away with, eradicate, kill, level, make away with, obviate, put down, remove, rid, rip out, smooth, undo), изключвам (disconnect, disengage, except, exclude, expel, foreclose, intercept, leave out, open, preclude, remove, rule out, shut off, throw out, trip, ungear). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

'斥 (exclude, reject, remove), (cleanse, to clean out, to wash), 消灭 (Decimate, Decimated, Decimating, Eliminated, Eliminating, Perish, Perished, Perishing), 消去 , 清除 (get rid of), (a plane, level or make smooth, to dig, to plane, to question). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vytlaèit (dislodge, displace, press up, squeeze out, supplant), vylouèit (debar, disqualify, except, exclude, expel, foreclose, negate, pip, preclude, remove, rule out, shut, shut off, throw out), vyřadit (catch out, discard, dismiss, scrap), odstranit (ablate, clear away, discharge, dismantle, dispose of, do away with, get out, remove, supersede, sweep, take away). (various references)

   

Danish

  

eliminere (to eliminate), elimination af moiré (elimination of moiré, to eliminate moiré), udelukke (secrete, to eliminate, to exclude), lugtfjerner (device to eliminate smells), formindske eller gradvis afvikle alle slags hindringer for samhandelens udvikling (to reduce or progressively eliminate all kinds of obstacles to the development of trade), forkaste en kandidat som ikke valgbar (to eliminate a candidate because of ineligibility), fjernelse af glutiner (to eliminate glutines), fjerne betyngning (to eliminate the weight), det koldvalsede baand maa mellemgloedes for at fjerne de mekaniske spaendinger og uregelmaessighederne i krystalstrukturen (the cold-rolled strip should undergo an intermediate annealing process to eliminate mechanical stresses and achieve an even crystalline structure), den underste del af opsamlingsdaekket boer have forbindelse til en spildolietank eller en opsamlingstank;hvor olie og vand kan ledes hen og fjernes paa en maade,der udelukker enhver mulighed for forurening (the lowest part of the catch deck should be connected to a sump or catch tank where the oil and water can be trapped and disposed of in such a manner as to eliminate any pollution hazard), at mindske energiforbruget og at nedbringe mest muligt eller afskaffe affald (to reduce energy consumption and to minimize or eliminate waste), anordning til fjernelse af lugt (device to eliminate smells), afskaffe rabatter i forbindelse med eksport (to eliminate discounts in the event of export), afrastning (elimination of moiré, to eliminate moiré). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

uitschakelen (cut, cut a connection, isolate, overcome, shut off, shutting down, stop, switch off, to eliminate, to open, to shut off, tripping, turn off, turn-off), elimineren (dispense with, do away with, get rid of, remove), afvoeren (carry off, dismantle, flow off, scrap). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

elimini. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

محوکردن (Blur, Deface, Efface, Erase, Expunge, Obliterate, Raze, Unbuild, Washout), حذف کردن (Dele, Delete, Expurgate, Omit, Retrench), رفع کردن (Obviate, Remove, Resolve, Solve), برطرف کردن (Acquit, Dispel, Loose, Rectify, Remove, Surmount). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

eliminoida, poistaa (abolish, deduct, delete, demount, do away with, exclude, purge, remove, strike out, take out, to excavate, to remove a volume from a tape unit or a direct-access device, weeding, withdraw, write off), karsia (lop, prune, strike . . out). (various references)

   

French

  

supprimer (eliminating). (various references)

   

German

  

eliminieren (to eliminate), beseitigen (clear away, dispense with, dispose of, do away with, eliminating, get rid of, hammer out, lay, lull, make away with, redress, remove, smooth out, to eliminate, to remove, unmade, unmake), ausscheiden (be eliminated, drop out, excrete, pass, quit, reject, retire, separation, to eliminate, to excrete, to identify separately, to record separately), ausschalten (deactivate, declutch, disconnect, disengage, kill, oust, overcome, power down, put off, put out, release, shut off, shut out, switch off, to disable, to discard, to disconnect, to disengage the clutch, to eliminate, to switch off, to throw out of gear, to turn off, tripping, turn off, uncouple). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εξαλείφω (blot out, delete, efface, eradicate, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub out, strike out, wipe out). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לחסל (annihilate, do away with, liquidate, scotch, wipe out), ל"וציא (abstract, draw out, issue, rout out, take out, tap), ל"סיר (abstract, annul, put aside, remove, rid, shed, shuffle off, strip, take away, take out), לסלק (banish, clear, clear away, dismiss, get rid of, remove, send away, take away, throw out, work off). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kiküszöböl (to eliminate, to take out), kihagy (elide, knock out, leave out, miss out, omit, to balk, to edit out, to eliminate, to go sour, to intermit, to leave out, to miss out, to sit out), hibalehetõséget kizár. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

enciritkan (discharge), meniadakan (abolish, counteract, negate, nullify), mengeliminasikan, ganyang (crush, devour, eat raw, smash). (various references)

   

Italian

  

eliminare (cut out, eliminating, get rid of, purge, redress, remove, stamp out, zap). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

省く (to curtail, to economize, to eliminate, to omit). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぞ"ぱい (continue or eliminate, existence, silver cup, silver medal), きりわける (to cut and discard, to cut up, to eliminate systematically), ふるいおとす (to screen or eliminate, to shake off, to sift out), どうわきょういく (education to eliminate discrimination, social integration education), "うきしゅくせい (eliminate corruption among government officials, tighten discipline), はねる (to bound, to decapitate, to eliminate, to flip, to hop, to jump, to leap, to prance, to reject, to spring up), はぶく (to curtail, to economize, to eliminate, to omit), とりさる (to eliminate, to remove). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

삭 하십시". (various references)

   

Manx

  

jiooldey (cast off, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, dissent, exclude, negate, negation, negative, refuse, reject, rejection, renouncement, repudiate, repudiation, spurn, traverse), cur jerrey er (conclude, cry off, discontinue, eradicate, extinguish, finish, resolve, sweep away). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eliminateay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

eliminar (cross off, expurgate, exterminate, obliterate, wipe out, write off). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

elimina (cashier, cut out, erase, expel, liberate, ooze, oust, pass, put out, remove), suprima (abolish, abrogate, discontinue, make an end of, remove, repeal, retrench, rid, scotch, supersede, suppress), distruge (abolish, annihilate, blast, blight, confound, crash, crock, cut, cut to pieces, cut up, dash, decay, defeat, demolish, destroy, devastate, dilapidate, disrupt, eat into, eat through, exterminate, extirpate, finish, kill, lay waste, make havoc of, Mar, obliterate, overturn, overwhelm, perish, play the deuce with, play the devil with, quash, ravage, raze, reduce, ruin, scathe, scatter, scotch, shatter, shipwreck, sink, spoil, squelch, strafe, subvert, tear, undo, unmake, wreck), înlãtura (avert, brush aside, cast away, clear, discard, dismiss, disseize, do away, do away with, forbear, make a clean sweep of smth., move away, obviate, overbear, preclude, remove, save, seclude, supersede, supplant, take away, throw by), îndepãrta (avert, carry off, cast, chase away, clean, clear, cut out, discard, dismiss, drive away, estrange, fence off, lay, move away, remove, retire, ward off, withdraw). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

устранять. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

eliminisati, ukloniti (get rid of, remove, take away), uklanjati (deflect, get rid of, remove), otkloniti (obviate, remove, salve, turn away). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

eliminar (bowl smb. out, cut out, dispose of, do away, do away with, excise, knock out, make away with, obliterate, obviate, purge, push out, remove, rid, take out, weed, Winkle). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

avlägsna (excise, oust, remove, strike, take off). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ทำให้แพ้, ขจั" (fend off, free, rid). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

elimine etmek, elenmek, elemek (annihilate, bolt, riddle, screen, sieve, sift), yok etmek (charm away, clear off, cut off, cut up, dispose of, dissipate, dissolve, do away with, efface, end, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, make away with, shatter, spirit away, spirit off, sponge out, stamp, wipe away, wipe off, wipe out), gidermek (allay, appease, avert, clear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, efface, fulfil, fulfill, gratify, iron out, obviate, quench, remove, repair, resolve, satisfy, slake, smooth away, smooth out, supply), bertaraf etmek (bypass), atmak (affix, beat, blow, blow out, cashier, cast, cast away, cast off, catapult, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, dart, dash, deliver, discharge, doff, draw the longbow, drop, eject, elbow out, elbow smb. out, fabricate, fetch, fib, flash, fling, fling away, fling out, fuse, fuze, give a kick, heave, hurl, inflict, insert, invent, junk, launch, let fly, loose, loose off, order off, peg, peg at, pelt, pitch, precipitate, project, pulsate, pulse, put, scutch, send, shoot, shoot out, shy, sling, tell a fib, tell lies, throw, throw away, throw into, toss, uncork, utter, void), çıkarmak (bare, belch, blank, bring out, bruit about, deduct, delete, derive, disconnect, dislocate, dislodge, dismantle, displace, divest, doff, draw off, draw out, drive out, drop, educe, eject, elicit, emit, enact, enucleate, evolve, exclude, excogitate, excrete, exhale, exhaust, expel, expunge, extract, extricate, extrude, exude, foot, foot up, give forth, give off, haul up, hawk, issue, let out, make out, omit, order off, order out, oust, out, pay off, present, print out, provoke, publish, pull off, put off, put out, put up, reject, remove, rest, rout out, rout up, rule out, scratch, shoot out, slip off, spew forth, spew out, spew up, spit, start, stick out, strike, strike off, strike through, strip, strip off, subtract, take, take from, take off, take out, throw off, throw out, tide over, touch off, uncase, unfix, vent, void, vomit, winkle out, wipe out, wipe up, work out, wreak). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

усувати (abolish, brush aside, castigate, depose, dethrone, displace, obviate, preclude, put away, smooth, smooth away, take off, vanish), ігнорувати (balk, brush aside, defy, disregard, dissemble, ignore, neglect, overjump, overleap, overlook), виключати (arrest, bar, count out, cut away, cut off, declutch, dismember, except, exclude, expel, foreclose, open, oust, rule out, send down, shut out), ліквідувати (close up, do away, liquidate, sell out, wind up, wipe off). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Eliminate

Derivations

Words beginning with "eliminate": eliminated, eliminates. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Eliminate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eleminate, elliminate, eluminate, iliminate, illiminate, liminate, Selinunte. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Eliminate"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "eliminate" (pronounced uli"munā't)
6-i" m u n ā' tdiscriminate, incriminate.
5-m u n ā' tcontaminate, culminate, decontaminate, denominate, determinate, disseminate, dominate, emanate, exterminate, fulminate, germinate, illuminate, inseminate, nominate, predominate, renominate, ruminate, terminate.
4-u n ā' tagglutinate, alienate, assassinate, carbonate, chlorinate, concatenate, decaffeinate, detonate, fascinate, halogenate, hydrogenate, hyphenate, impersonate, indoctrinate, insubordinate, isocyanate, italianate, marinate, originate, oxygenate, pollinate, procrastinate, rejuvenate, resonate, subordinate, titanate, urinate.
3-n ā' tdesignate, donate, hibernate, impregnate, reincarnate, stagnate.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Eliminate

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-i-l-m-n-t"

-1 letter: ilmenite, melanite, melinite, timeline.

-2 letters: ailment, aliment, etamine, intimae, intimal, lineate, matinee, teleman.

-3 letters: emetin, enamel, entail, etamin, inmate, intima, intime, lament, lateen, limina, maline, mantel, mantle, mealie, meanie, meinie, menial, mental, tamein, tenail, teniae, tineal.

-4 letters: alien, aline, ament, amine, anele, anile, anime, animi, eaten, elain, elate, elemi, elint, elite, email, enate, enema, entia, imine, inlet, laten, leant, leman, liane, liman, limen, limit, litai, maile, matin, meant, menta, metal, milia, minae, telae, telia, tenia, tinea.

-5 letters: alee, alit, alme, amen, amie, amin, anil, ante, anti, elan, emit, etna, ilea, ilia, inia, inti, item, lain, lame, lane, late, lati, lean, leet, lent, lien, lima, lime, limn, line, lint, lite, mail, main, male, malt, mane, mate, meal, mean, meat, meet, melt, meta, mete, mien, mile, milt, mina, mine, mini, mint, mite, nail, name, neat, neem, nema, nite, tael, tail, tain, tale, tali, tame, teal, team, teel, teem, teen, tela, tele, tile, time, tine.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-i-l-m-n-t"
 

+1 letter: eliminated, eliminates.

 

+2 letters: eliminative, inestimable, mentalities.

 

+3 letters: antileukemic, emotionalize, essentialism, interminable.

 

+4 letters: amenabilities, ceremonialist, credentialism, demyelinating, demyelination, emblematizing, emotionalized, emotionalizes, enumerability, essentialisms, helminthiases, intermetallic, interterminal, terminatively, ultrafeminine.

 

+5 letters: almightinesses, antimetabolite, ceremonialists, credentialisms, delegitimation, demyelinations, denumerability, emotionalities, exceptionalism, existentialism, implementation, incrementalism, incrementalist, indeterminable, indeterminably, inimitableness, intermediately, intermetallics, militantnesses, pinealectomies, pinealectomize, reminiscential, semicentennial, sentimentalise, sentimentalism, sentimentalist, sentimentality, sentimentalize, simultaneities.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Eliminate


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 6C 69 6D 69 6E 61 74 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.    .-..    ..    --    ..    -.    .-    -    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01101100 01101001 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100001 01110100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#108 &#105 &#109 &#105 &#110 &#97 &#116 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 006C 0069 006D 0069 006E 0061 0074 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

397875797580678671

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Spoken
10. Quotations: Speeches
11. Usage Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes
17. Anagrams
18. Orthography
19. Bibliography


  

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