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Verb eliminate has 7 senses
- eliminate, get rid of, do away with - terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"
--1 is one way to destroy, destruct
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- obviate, rid of, eliminate - do away with
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Something ----s something
- eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
--3 is one way to kill
Sample sentence:
They want to eliminate the prisoners
- rule out, eliminate, reject - dismiss from consideration; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- excrete, egest, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
--5 is one way to discharge, expel, eject, release
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Somebody ----s something
- eliminate - remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"
--6 is one way to beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- eliminate - remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
--7 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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