to eliminate

Definition of to eliminate in English English dictionary: knock out; To excrete (waste products); to exclude (from investigation or from further competition)
John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.; to separate and cast aside; {v} to expel or set at liberty; do away with; To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty; To completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists; remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race; When a person or team is eliminated from a competition, they are defeated and so take no further part in the competition. I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals If you are eliminated in the show-jumping then you are out of the complete competition. = knock out; {f} remove, get rid of; To eliminate something, especially something you do not want or need, means to remove it completely. The Sex Discrimination Act has not eliminated discrimination in employment If you think you may be allergic to a food or drink, eliminate it from your diet. + elimination elimi·na·tion the prohibition and elimination of chemical weapons; kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics" remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race; dismiss from consideration; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"; terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; To kill (a person or animal); To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration; kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"; To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion; eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"; To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system; remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"; remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations; To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity; If someone says that they have eliminated an enemy, they mean that they have killed them. By using the word `eliminate', they are trying to make the action sound more positive than if they used the word `kill'. He declared war on the government and urged right-wingers to eliminate their opponents