See Also: eliminate(medicine)
eliminate(dictionary)
eliminate(dictionary)

eliminate (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: eliminatus, past participle of eliminare 'to put out of doors']
to completely get rid of something that is unnecessary or unwanted
eliminate a need/possibility/risk/problem etc
::The credit card eliminates the need for cash or cheques.
::The teacher should try to eliminate the possibility that the child has a hearing defect.
eliminate sth/sb from sth
::Fatty foods should be eliminated from the diet.
[usually passive] to defeat a team or person in a competition, so that they no longer take part in it
::Our team was eliminated in the first round.
to kill someone in order to prevent them from causing trouble
::a ruthless dictator who eliminated all his rivals
eliminate sb from your enquiries
BrE if the police eliminate someone from their enquiries, they decide that that person did not commit a particular crime