eliminate
To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
Other meanings
To render (a facility) unusable, to destroy it; to disable (a soldier), make them unable to fight (typically but not necessarily by killing)
To excrete (waste products).
Synonyms
- get rid of
- do away with
Related words
- eliminatrix
Word history
From Latin "ēlīminātus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “eliminate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.