We tried to eliminate all danger beforehand.
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Eliminate
//ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt//
Synonyms for "eliminate" (320 found)
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Closest matches (64)
Strong matches (96)
Verb(39 words)
Related words (160)
get shut ofgive awaygive offisolatejettisonjiltkillknock offleaveliquidatelopmassacremurdermutilatenipobviateoustoutlawparepart with
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passpeelpick outpolishprunepurgeraiserakerejectridrootroot outroot uproutrulescourscour outscratchsecreteset apartset asideshake offshaveshearshooshutshut outsloughstampstamp outstrikestrike offstrike outstripstrip offsuspendsweep awaysweep outtake offtake outthrow awaythrow offthrow outthrow overthrow overboardtoss overboardtransudetruncateunclogunfouluprootventvoidweed outweepwipe out
Verb(84 words)
greaseharryhave a shithit the headiron outjazzkilllay wastelevelliquidatemicturatemortifymove one's bowelsneutralizenukeobliterateobviateoverthrowoverturnpass
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pass waterpeepiddlepinch a loafpinch one offpisspoopoohpooppop offpull downpulverizeraceravageravelrazerejectremoverid ofrub outruinrule outsharnshartshissshitshiteslashslaysnuff outstamp outstoolstop someone's clocksubvertsuppresstaketake a craptake a dumptake a leaktake a pisstake a shittake a whiztake the browns to the super bowltinkletoptotalunbreeduncoilunexistunmakeuprooturinatevoidvoid one's bowelswastewaxweewee weewetwhizwiddlewinnow outwipe offwreck
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4 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
72 translations across 26 languages.
Albanian
4 entries- asgjësoj verb (completely destroy)
- asgjësoj verb (kill)
- eliminoj verb (completely destroy)
- zhduk verb (completely destroy)
Bulgarian
3 entries- елиминирам verb (completely destroy)
- премахвам verb (completely destroy)
- убивам verb (kill)
Catalan
1 entries- eliminar verb (completely destroy)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 抹殺 /抹杀 verb (kill)
- 排出 verb (excrete)
- 根除 verb (completely destroy)
- 殺 /杀 verb (kill)
Czech
2 entries- eliminovat verb (completely destroy)
- odstranit verb (completely destroy)
Dutch
1 entries- elimineren verb (completely destroy)
Finnish
4 entries- eliminoida verb (completely destroy)
- eliminoida verb (kill)
- eliminoida verb (eliminate the effects of intercompany transactions in a consolidation statement)
- hankkiutua eroon verb (completely destroy)
French
2 entries- tuer verb (kill)
- éliminer verb (completely destroy)
German
4 entries- beseitigen verb (kill)
- eliminieren verb (completely destroy)
- eliminieren verb (kill)
- umbringen verb (kill)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐍆𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (kill)
Greek
2 entries- καθαρίζω verb (kill)
- σκοτώνω verb (kill)
Hungarian
4 entries- felszámol verb (completely destroy)
- kiirt verb (completely destroy)
- kiküszöböl verb (completely destroy)
- megsemmisít verb (completely destroy)
Interlingua
1 entries- eliminar verb (completely destroy)
Irish
1 entries- deireadh verb (completely destroy)
Italian
2 entries- eliminare verb (completely destroy)
- eliminare verb (kill)
Japanese
4 entries- 抹殺する verb (kill)
- 殺す verb (kill)
- 殺害する verb (kill)
- 除去する verb (completely destroy)
Korean
1 entries- 제거하다 verb (kill)
Māori
1 entries- whakamōtī verb (completely destroy)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- افنا ایتمك verb (completely destroy)
- قازیمق verb (completely destroy)
- قازیمق verb (kill)
Polish
4 entries- eliminować verb (completely destroy)
- likwidować verb (completely destroy)
- wyeliminować verb (completely destroy)
- zlikwidować verb (completely destroy)
Portuguese
1 entries- eliminar verb (completely destroy)
Russian
4 entries- ликвиди́ровать verb (completely destroy)
- ликвиди́ровать verb (kill)
- уничто́жить verb (kill)
- уничтожа́ть verb (kill)
Spanish
2 entries- eliminar verb (completely destroy)
- matar verb (kill)
Swedish
2 entries- eliminera verb (completely destroy)
- förgöra verb (completely destroy)
Turkish
1 entries- temizlemek verb (kill)
Ukrainian
3 entries- знищити verb (kill)
- ліквідувати verb (completely destroy)
- ліквідувати verb (kill)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
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.
Source: tatoeba (33754)
The Clinton camp became desperate to eliminate the white votes Obama had got in both states.
Source: tatoeba (182606)
It is important to eliminate the social unrest.
Source: tatoeba (265355)
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