eliminated

4 definitions • 5 examples

past simple and past participle of

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.