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Meaning of eliminate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  eliminate
      v 1: terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on
           Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these
           archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" [syn: {extinguish},
           {eliminate}, {get rid of}, {do away with}]
      2: do away with [syn: {obviate}, {rid of}, {eliminate}] [ant:
         {ask}, {call for}, {demand}, {involve}, {necessitate},
         {need}, {postulate}, {require}, {take}]
      3: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire
         population" [syn: {eliminate}, {annihilate}, {extinguish},
         {eradicate}, {wipe out}, {decimate}, {carry off}]
      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" [syn:
         {rule out}, {eliminate}, {winnow out}, {reject}]
      5: eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" [syn:
         {excrete}, {egest}, {eliminate}, {pass}]
      6: remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated
         all the competitors in the race"
      7: remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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