Antonyms for eliminate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ih-lim-uh-neyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlɪm əˌneɪt |
Definition of eliminate
Origin :- 1560s, from Latin eliminatus, past participle of eliminare "thrust out of doors, expel," from ex limine "off the threshold," from ex "off, out" (see ex-) + limine, ablative of limen "threshold" (see limit (n.)).
- Used literally at first; sense of "exclude" first attested 1714; sense of "expel waste from the body" is c.1795. Related: Eliminated; eliminating; eliminative; eliminatory.
- verb remove, throw out
- To attempt to eliminate fear and retain this concept of God is vain.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Also I noted the absence of the Mixer and wondered how the host had contrived to eliminate her.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The knowledge we gain from you has enabled us to eliminate at least half of our microbes.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- And chief instigator of the trouble we've been sent to eliminate.
- Extract from : « Priestess of the Flame » by Sewell Peaslee Wright
- If we eliminate the three first, the unknown remainder will be justice.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- In general, we must eliminate the disease by preventing its transmission from the sick to the well.
- Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden
- Loss is met with at each step, and the great problem is to eliminate this waste.
- Extract from : « Electricity for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
- We do not eliminate the moral will but we remove some unfair obstacles from its path.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
- But, you may rightly say, this will not eliminate the unearned incomes.
- Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
- The punishing of evil-doers did more than eliminate them from his threshold.
- Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
Synonyms for eliminate
- annihilate
- blot out
- bump off
- cancel
- cast out
- count out
- cut out
- defeat
- discard
- discharge
- dismiss
- dispense with
- dispose of
- disqualify
- disregard
- do away with
- drive out
- drop
- eject
- eradicate
- erase
- evict
- exclude
- expel
- exterminate
- get rid of
- ignore
- invalidate
- kill
- knock out
- leave out
- liquidate
- murder
- omit
- oust
- phase out
- put out
- reject
- rub out
- rule out
- set aside
- shut the door on
- slay
- stamp out
- take out
- terminate
- waive
- waste
- wipe out
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