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eliminate
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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.)).\n \nUsed literally at first; sense of ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES eliminate a deficit (= completely get rid of it ) ▪ His proposals have so far failed to eliminate the deficit. eliminate a hazard (= get rid of a hazard ) ▪ They took steps to eliminate all potential fire hazards. eliminate ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eliminate \E*lim"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eliminated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Eliminating .] [L. eliminatus, p. p. of eliminare; e out + limen threshold; prob. akin to limes boundary. See Limit .] To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to ...
Usage examples of eliminate.
In his imagination he saw the Prescott aeroplane eliminated as a naval possibility, and the field clear for the selection of the Mortlake machine.
Where the antitrust agenda was concerned, SCAP moved swiftly to clarify its policy of dissolving zaibatsu holding companies and eliminating zaibatsu family members as dominant share holders and officeholders.
During a phone conversation with one of us on May 28, 1987, Bryan also expressed a cautious belief that Barnes may have gone too far in trying to eliminate all of the anomalous European stone-tool industries.
Kikuta are stepping up their contacts with the Otori, both in alliance against Arai and to eliminate Takeo.
Those seventeen-now reduced to sixteen since Doole had eliminated Arb Skynxnex from consideration-clearly had been rising stars in the Black Sun organization.
The French official circles did not emit any particular statements, but the French papers emphasized that the Arbitrage decisions eliminated some very grave entanglements.
Eliar dealt with Pekhal in Wekti, Andine outwitted Gelta in Treborea, and Leitha and Bheid eliminated Argan and Koman in Perquaine.
A countershock to her heart eliminated the fibrillation but resulted in asystole, meaning there was no electrical activity or beat whatsoever.
Having eliminated Starbuck from your mind or your sentiments as the logical beneficiary under this utterly insane will, you cast about for another candidate.
One step would lead to another until Marino discovered Jay Talley and Bev Kiffin in Baton Rouge and eliminated them.
Radial rather than bilateral symmetry would eliminate the left-hemisphere-right-hemi-sphere separation of the higher creatures on Earth.
Another GOP proposal that met stiff resistance was its move to eliminate the Department of Education, which, like the school lunch program, had always enjoyed strong bipartisan support.
Members were blackballed without refund of fees if they were connected to the slightest public mention, and the enormous fees they paid, as well as our investigative process, thoroughly eliminated reporter spies.
We are back to a blockade now, which would eliminate a Russian resupply.
Porter Square, Cambridge because whenever he finished the last of the substances on hand he always threw out all his bongs and pipes, screens and tubes and rolling papers and roach clips, lighters and Visine and Pepto-Bismol and cookies and frosting, to eliminate all future temptation.