eliminate
verb (eliminates, eliminated, eliminating)
B2 OPAL W
/ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/
1 ​ to remove or get rid of something
eliminate something
Credit cards eliminate the need to carry a lot of cash.
eliminate something from something
This diet claims to eliminate toxins from the body.
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Collocations Dictionary
adverb
altogethercompletelyentirely…
verb + eliminate
seek totake steps totry to…
preposition
from
2 to stop considering that somebody/something might be responsible for something or chosen for something
eliminate somebody/something from something
The police have eliminated two suspects from their investigation.
eliminate somebody/something (as something)
Malaria was eliminated as a cause of death.
3 usually passive to defeat a person or a team so that they no longer take part in a competition, etc.
SYNONYM knock out
be eliminated
All the English teams were eliminated in the early stages of the competition.
be eliminated from something
She was eliminated from the tournament in the first round.
​4 eliminate somebody (formal) to kill somebody, especially an enemy or opponent
Most of the regime's opponents were eliminated.
Rival gangsters had attempted to eliminate him.
Word Origin
mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘drive out’): from Latin eliminat- ‘turned out of doors’, from the verb eliminare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + limen, limin- ‘threshold’.