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Textual thesaurus for "eliminate"

(verb) pass, egest, excrete

eliminate from the body

Pass a kidney stone


(verb) carry off, wipe out, extinguish, eradicate, decimate, annihilate

kill in large numbers

the plague wiped out an entire population


(verb) do away with, extinguish, get rid of

terminate, end, or take out

Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics; Socialism extinguished these archaic customs; eliminate my debts


(verb) rule out, reject, winnow out

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


(verb) obviate, rid of

do away with