Eliminate

/ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/

Synonyms for "eliminate" (293 found)

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Verb(16 words)

eradicate abate abated abates abolish abolished abolishes annihilate annihilated assassinated axed banish banishescarry offclears culled

abandon abscind abstract amputate annihilate annul assassinate ban bar bate block blowblow outbob bump cancel cashier castcast asidecast away

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cast offcast outchuckclean outclearclear awayclear offclear outclear the decksclipcount outcrop cull cutcut away

Noun(6 words)

abolishing banishing besomsclear teachingcrossed out markcure for disease

Adjective(2 words)

clear educational valueclear goals

Strong matches (88)

cut offcut outdebardeep sixdeep-six defecate delete deplete deport deracinate discard discharge dismiss dispatch dispel dispensedispose ofditchdo away withdock

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drain drop dump efface effuse egesteighty sixeighty-six eject elide emit emptyempty outenucleate eradicate erase evacuate evict except excise exclude excrete execute exhaust exile expatriate expel expunge exterminate

Verb(30 words)

decaffeinate decimate deduce delete destroy destroyed discarded disinfest dismiss dispelled dispels dispose disposed disposes disposing disqualifies disqualifydo away withegest eradicated

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eradicates exclude excrete excreted excretes excreting exorcise exorcize exorcizes exterminated

Noun(9 words)

defecating despatchingdiscarded optiondispatching dispellingdispensing systemecarte eradicating exorcising

Related words (146)

Verb(32 words)

exterminates extincts extinguish extirpated extirpates extricatesget rid ofjettisoned kayoed kill knocked obliterates obviate obviated obviates obviating omit pass reject remove

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removes ridrid ofridsrule outstamped vanquish vaporize weededwinnow outwipe outzapped

Noun(24 words)

exterminating extincting extirpating foreclosing killing knock ko nixing obliterating ousting pruning purges purgingrejected materialridding rooting rules scraps snuffs stomps

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vanquished vanquishing wipe wipes

Adjective(1 words)

extincted

extinguish extirpate extravasate exudate exude filterfling offforgofreeze outget quit ofget rid ofget shut ofgive awaygive offisolate jettison jilt killknock offleave

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liquidate lop massacre murder mutilate nip obliterate oust outlaw parepart withpass peelpick outpolish prune purge raise rake reject remove rid rootroot outroot uprout rulerule outscourscour outscratch secreteset apartset asideshake offshave shear shoo shutshut outslough stampstamp outstrikestrike offstrike outstripstrip offsuspendsweep awaysweep outtake offtake outthrow awaythrow offthrow outthrow overthrow overboardtoss overboardtransude truncate unclog unfoul uproot vent voidweed outweepwipe out

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More general

31 entries

action verbbeatbeat outbrush asidebrush offcrush destroy destruct discharge discount dismiss disregard eject exhaust expelget rid of

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More specific

7 entries

candidate eliminationcontest eliminationdata eliminationnoise eliminationoption eliminationpest eliminationwaste elimination

Collocations

5 entries

elimination processerror eliminationpest eliminationrisk eliminationwaste elimination

Inflections

3 entries

eliminated eliminates eliminating

Derivations

4 entries

eliminable elimination eliminator eliminatory

similar

1 entries

decimate

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We tried to eliminate all danger beforehand.

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Boeing's safety experts have joined others in the industry to form an international task force to try to eliminate one particular kind of air crash known as controlled flight into terrain, CFIT.

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The Clinton camp became desperate to eliminate the white votes Obama had got in both states.

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It is important to eliminate the social unrest.

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