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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
eliminate /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/
▶verb
- 1 completely remove or get rid of.
■ reject or exclude from consideration or further participation.
- 2 Chemistry generate (a simple substance) as a product in the course of a reaction involving larger molecules.
– derivatives
eliminable adjective,
elimination noun,
eliminator noun,
eliminatory adjective.
eliminable adjective,
elimination noun,
eliminator noun,
eliminatory adjective.
– origin C16: from L. eliminat-, eliminare ‘turn out of doors’.
'eliminate' also found in these Oxford entries:
antisepsis
- backspace
- bridge
- conservative
- decarboxylate
- fight
- knock
- labour-saving
- liquidate
- pool
- retention
- shed
- wipe
- work
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shut down, eliminate, stop publishing newspaper
dispel/eliminate
eliminate / delete / erase
eliminate defects
eliminate/excrete in the proper area
not eliminate the possibility of
pressure FOR the elimination/pressure TO eliminate
put an end to/eliminate waste
shut down, eliminate, stop publishing newspaper
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