eliminate

 
Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/

verb

[with object]
  • 1completely remove or get rid of (something): a policy that would eliminate inflation
  • exclude (someone or something) from consideration or further participation: the police have eliminated Lawrence from their inquiries (as adjective eliminating) teams who had fought their way through the eliminating rounds
  • 2expel (waste matter) from the body: this diet claims to eliminate toxins from the body
  • 3 Mathematics remove (a variable) from an equation, typically by substituting another which is shown by another equation to be equivalent.
  • 4 Chemistry generate (a simple substance) as a product in the course of a reaction involving larger molecules: the acid portion of one molecule reacts with the basic portion of the other, and water is eliminated

Derivatives

eliminable

Pronunciation: /-nəb(ə)l/
adjective

elimination

Pronunciation: /-ˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

eliminator

noun

eliminatory

Pronunciation: /-nət(ə)ri/
adjective

Origin:

mid 16th century (in the sense 'drive out'): from Latin eliminat- 'turned out of doors', from the verb eliminare, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out' + limen, limin- 'threshold'