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e·lim·i·nate

(ĭ-lĭm′ə-nāt′)

tr.v. e·lim·i·nat·ed, e·lim·i·nat·ing, e·lim·i·nates

1. To get rid of; remove: an effort to eliminate homelessness; eliminated his enemies.

a. To leave out or omit from consideration; reject: For now, let's eliminate from the discussion the possibility of failure.

b. To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.

3. Mathematics To remove (an unknown quantity) by combining equations.

4. Physiology To excrete (bodily wastes).

[Latin ēlīmināre, ēlīmināt-, to banish : ē-, ex-, ex- + līmen, līmin-, threshold.]

e·lim′i·na′tion n.

e·lim′i·na′tive, e·lim′i·na·to′ry (-nə-tôr′ē) adj.

e·lim′i·na′tor n.

Synonyms: eliminate, eradicate, extirpate
These verbs mean to nullify someone as a factor or cause an activity or condition to come to an end, especially by using drastic methods: eliminated all opposition; eradicate guerrilla activity; policies that attempt to extirpate drug abuse.

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elimination

(ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃən)

1. the act of eliminating or the state of being eliminated

2. (Logic) logic (qualified by the name of an operation) a syntactic rule specifying the conditions under which a formula or statement containing the specified operation may permit the derivation of others that do not contain it: conjunction-elimination; universal elimination.

3. (Chemistry) chem a type of chemical reaction involving the loss of a simple molecule, such as water or carbon dioxide

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e•lim•i•na•tion

(ɪˌlɪm əˈneɪ ʃən)

n.

1. the act of eliminating or the state of being eliminated.

2. the process of solving a system of simultaneous equations by using various techniques to remove the variables successively.

3. (in a tournament) a contest in which an individual or team is eliminated after one defeat.

[1595–1605]

e•lim′i•na`tor, n.

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Noun	1.	elimination - the act of removing or getting rid of something riddance remotion, removal - the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy" simplification - elimination of superfluous details
	2.	elimination - the bodily process of discharging waste matter excreting, excretion, voiding, evacuation defecation, laxation - the elimination of fecal waste through the anus expelling, discharge, emission - any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus" incontinence, incontinency - involuntary urination or defecation micturition, urination - the discharge of urine
	3.	elimination - analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives reasoning by elimination analytic thinking, analysis - the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
	4.	elimination - the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations remotion, removal - the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy"
	5.	elimination - the murder of a competitor liquidation murder, slaying, execution - unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

elimination

noun removal, end, withdrawal, taking away, disposal, abolition, purging, termination, eradication, banishment the prohibition and elimination of chemical weapons

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elimination

noun

1. The act or process of eliminating:

clearance, eradication, liquidation, purge, removal, riddance.

2. The act of getting rid of something useless or used up:

disposal, dumping, jettison, riddance.

3. The act or process of discharging bodily wastes or foreign substances:

evacuation, excretion, purgation.

Medicine: catharsis.

Translations

إبْعاد، إقْصاء، حَذْف، إزالَه

elimineringfjernelseudeladelse

Ausschaltung

αποκλεισμός

eliminación

élimination abrogation

kiesés

útsláttur; útrÿming

eliminazione

eliminatie

eliminering utelukkelse

atmaçıkarma

排除淘汰

elimination

[ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃən]

A. N (= suppression) → supresión f, eliminación f; (= being eliminated) → eliminación f
by process of elimination → por eliminación

B. CPD elimination round N → eliminatoria f

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elimination

[ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃ^ən] n

(= eradication) [poverty, discrimination, toxins, nuclear weapons] → élimination f
elimination of sth from sth → élimination de qch de qch
the total elimination of sth from sth → l'éradication f de qch dans qch

[candidate, team] → élimination f
elimination of sb from sth [+ competition] → élimination f de qn de qch

[possibility] → élimination f
by a process of elimination → par élimination

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elimination

(= removal) → Ausschluss m, → Ausscheidung f; (of competitor) → Ausschaltung f; (of inflation, poverty, waste) → Beendung f; (of danger, problem) → Beseitigung f; (Physiol) → Ausscheidung f, → Elimination f (spec); (Math) → Elimination f; by (a) process of elimination → durch negative Auslese; our elimination by the German team → die Ausschaltung unserer Mannschaft durch die deutsche

(= killing: of enemy) → Ausschaltung f, → Eliminierung f

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elimination

[ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃ/ən] n → eliminazione f
by process of elimination → per eliminazione

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eliminate

(iˈlimineit) verb

to get rid of; to omit or exclude. He was eliminated from the tennis match in the first round.

eˌlimiˈnation noun

e·lim·i·na·tion

n. eliminación; exclusión.

elimination

n eliminación f

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