eliminate

eliminate
eliminability /i lim'euh neuh bil"i tee/, n.eliminative, adj.
/i lim"euh nayt'/, v.t., eliminated, eliminating.
1. to remove or get rid of, esp. as being in some way undesirable: to eliminate risks; to eliminate hunger.
2. to omit, esp. as being unimportant or irrelevant; leave out: I have eliminated all statistical tables, which are of interest only to the specialist.
3. to remove from further consideration or competition, esp. by defeating in a contest.
4. to eradicate or kill: to eliminate the enemy.
5. Physiol. to void or expel from an organism.
6. Math. to remove (a quantity) from an equation by elimination.
[1560-70; 1915-20 for def. 4; < L eliminatus turned out of doors (ptp. of eliminare), equiv. to e- E- + limin-, s. of limen threshold + -atus -ATE1]
Syn. 1, 2. reject.
Ant. 2. include.

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