eliminate, v.
(eliminated, eliminates, eliminating)
freq. cnt. 57
(eliminated, eliminates, eliminating)
freq. cnt. 57
terminate, end, or take out
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 44 freq. cnt.: 40 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
do away with eliminate extinguish get rid of
sample sentences
"Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics""Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"
"eliminate my debts"
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derivationally related form
do away with
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 13
eliminate obviate rid of
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hyponym
kill in large numbers
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
annihilate carry off decimate eliminate eradicate extinguish wipe out
sample sentences
"the plague wiped out an entire population"verb frames
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eliminate from the body
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
egest eliminate excrete pass
sample sentences
"Pass a kidney stone"verb frames
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hyponym
sweat, sudate, perspire
exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze
piss, relieve oneself, pass water, make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, pee, pee-pee, make water, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee
urinate
evacuate, void, empty
defecate, make, stool, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap
vomit, retch, throw up, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate
hypernym
dismiss from consideration or a contest
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
eliminate reject rule out winnow out
sample sentences
"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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remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
<verb.change>
eliminate
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domain of synset (topic)
hypernym
remove from a contest or race
<verb.competition>
eliminate
sample sentences
"The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"verb frames
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