English > eliminate: 7 senses > verb 1, change| Meaning | Terminate, end, or take out. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Examples | - "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"
- "eliminate my debts"
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| Synonyms | extinguish, get rid of, do away with |
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| Entailed by | screen | Examine methodically |
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| Narrower | cancel out, wipe out | wipe out the effect of something |
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| cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise | weed out unwanted or unnecessary things |
| cut out | Delete or remove |
| decouple | Reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another) |
| decouple | Eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive) |
| drown | Get rid of as if by submerging / submerging |
| exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out | prevent from being included or considered or accepted |
| knock out | Eliminate |
| obliterate | Do away with completely, without leaving a trace |
| snuff out, extinguish | put an end to |
| Broader | destroy, destruct | Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
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| Spanish | acabar con, desembarazarse, deshacerse, eliminar, extinguir, librarse de |
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| Catalan | desembarassar-se, desempallegar-se, eliminar |
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| Nouns | elimination | the murder of a competitor |
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| elimination | the act of removing or getting rid of something |
| eliminator | an agent that eliminates something |
English > eliminate: 7 senses > verb 5, body| Meaning | Eliminate from the body. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Synonyms | excrete, egest, pass |
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| Narrower | evacuate, void, empty | excrete or discharge from the body |
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| exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze | Release (a liquid / liquid) in drops or small quantities |
| make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water | Eliminate urine |
| stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make | Have a bowel movement |
| sweat, sudate, perspire | excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin |
| urinate | Pass after the manner of urine |
| vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up | Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth |
| Broader | exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release | Eliminate (a substance) |
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| Spanish | eliminar, excretar |
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| Catalan | eliminar, excretar |
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| Nouns | elimination | the bodily process of discharging waste matter |
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