eliminate
Get rid of
Eliminate means to remove or get rid of something completely.
You eliminate errors from a document, eliminate candidates from consideration, or eliminate foods from your diet.
In sports, a team eliminated from a tournament can no longer advance.
The euphemistic sense—to kill—appears in crime and espionage contexts: The target was eliminated.
Carry out fully
- assassinateMurder a prominent figure
- exterminateDestroy completely, every one
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- slayDestroy or impress greatly
dispatch · liquidate · annihilate · kill off · put down · wipe out · take out · rub out
Victory over another
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- knock outStrike into unconsciousness
- vanquishDefeat thoroughly in conflict
- trounceDefeat decisively
crush · rout · conquer · overcome · best · dispatch · destroy · demolish
Expel from a country
- exileBanishment from homeland
- ejectThrow out forcibly
- evictRemove from property legally
- banishOfficially send away
oust · expel · remove · dismiss · discharge · excommunicate · extradite · expatriate
Officially end a practice
- repealAnnul a statute
- revokeOfficially cancel authorization
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
- annulDeclare legally void
invalidate · nullify · void · cancel · overturn · abrogate · quash · terminate
execute
Carry out fully
- assassinateMurder a prominent figure
- exterminateDestroy completely, every one
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
slay · dispatch · liquidate · annihilate · kill off · put down · wipe out · take out · rub out · bump off
delete
Remove or erase
cut · expunge · extract · withdraw · take out · clear · purge · strip · discard · dispose of
defeat
Victory over another
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- knock outStrike into unconsciousness
- vanquishDefeat thoroughly in conflict
trounce · crush · rout · conquer · overcome · best · dispatch · destroy · demolish · annihilate
deport
Expel from a country
banish · oust · expel · remove · dismiss · discharge · excommunicate · extradite · expatriate · dislodge
abolish
Officially end a practice
annul · invalidate · nullify · void · cancel · overturn · abrogate · quash · terminate · end
exclude
Bar from participation
- disqualifyDeclare unfit to compete
- rule outEliminate as option
- barDrinking establishment
ban · reject · veto · prohibit · blacklist · drop · cut · scratch · discount · preclude
detoxify
Remove poisonous substances
clear · purify · detox · clean out · rid · fast · juice cleanse · sweat out · chelate
- root outroot out, flush out, ferret out, smoke out, weed out
- Doublespeakcollateral damage, enhanced interrogation, friendly fire, regime change, neutralize
- competition verbscompete, rival, contend, challenge, oppose
- Destroydestroy, annihilate, obliterate, demolish, devastate
- exclusionexclude, excluded, rule out, banned, bans
- removalremove, delete, erasing, erase, removing
- process of eliminationSolving by removing impossibilities
- elimination dietsRemoving foods to identify triggers
- single-elimination tournamentCompetition where losers exit immediately
- elimination roundsSequential contests removing losers
- double eliminationTournament requiring two defeats
- single elimination
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