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eliminate v. [
extinguish, get rid of, do away with] terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
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eliminate v. [
obviate, rid of] do away with
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eliminate v. [
annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off] kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
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eliminate v. [
rule out, winnow out, reject] dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"
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eliminate v. [
excrete, egest, pass] eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
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