eliminate

verb

1. terminate, end, or take out; “Let’s eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics”; “Socialism extinguished these archaic customs”; “eliminate my debts”

   Synonyms

   • extinguish, get rid of, do away with

   Less specific

   • destroy, destruct

   More specific

   • cancel out, wipe out, decouple, decouple, obliterate, knock out, drown, cut out, cut, prune, rationalize, rationalise, snuff out, extinguish, exclude (more) , except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out

2. do away with

   Synonyms

   • obviate, rid of

   Antonym

   • necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand

   More specific

   • preclude, rule out, close out

3. kill in large numbers; “the plague wiped out an entire population”

   Synonyms

   • annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off

   Less specific

   • kill

4. dismiss from consideration or a contest; “John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi”; “This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration”

   Synonyms

   • rule out, winnow out, reject

5. eliminate from the body; “Pass a kidney stone”

   Synonyms

   • excrete, egest, pass

   Less specific

   • exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release

   More specific

   • sweat, sudate, perspire, exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze, make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee (more) , pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water, urinate, evacuate, void, empty, stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make, vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up

6. remove from a contest or race; “The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race”

   Less specific

   • beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish

7. remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations

   Less specific

   • remove, take, take away, withdraw