eliminate

1. v. t. To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty. Source: opted

2. v. t. To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity. Source: opted

3. v. t. To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration. Source: opted

4. v. t. To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion. Source: opted

5. v. t. To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system. Source: opted

6. v. terminate, end, or take out Source: wordnet

7. v. get rid of something Source: wordnet

8. v. kill in large numbers Source: wordnet

9. v. dismiss from consideration or a contest Source: wordnet

10. v. eliminate from the body Source: wordnet

11. v. remove from a contest or race Source: wordnet

12. v. remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations Source: wordnet

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