Sunday, December 4, 2011

Group word definition: Eliminate

e·lim·i·nate

  [ih-lim-uh-neyt]  Show IPA
verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing.
1.
to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some wayundesirable: to eliminate risks; to eliminate hunger.
2.
to omit, especially as being unimportant or irrelevant; leaveout: I have eliminated all statistical tables, which are ofinterest only to the specialist.
3.
to remove from further consideration or competition,especially by defeating in a contest.
4.
to eradicate or kill: to eliminate the enemy.
5.
Physiology to void or expel from an organism.

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