eliminate

5 definitions • 8 examples

to remove or take away someone or something:

A move towards healthy eating could help eliminate heart disease.

eliminate a possibility We eliminated the possibility that it could have been an accident.

eliminate someone from something The police eliminated him from their enquiries.

to defeat someone so that they cannot continue in a competition:

He was eliminated in the third round of the competition.

to murder someone:

A police officer was accused of helping a drug gang eliminate rivals.

to remove or take away something:

You can never totally eliminate the possibility of human error.

to completely remove something that is not wanted or needed:

The problem we confront today is there is no one thing that can eliminate our dependency on petroleum.

The UK hopes other countries will support its proposals to eliminate debt owed by the poorest African states to international institutions.