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Eliminating

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.]

  1. To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

    Eliminate my spirit, give it range Through provinces of thought yet unexplored.
    --Young.

  2. (Alg.) To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity.

  3. To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration.

    Eliminate errors that have been gathering and accumulating.
    --Lowth.

  4. To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion. [Recent, and not well authorized]

  5. (Physiol.) To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system.

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eliminating

vb. (present participle of eliminate English)

Usage examples of "eliminating".

Multilateral freezing mechanisms now require waiting periods before being put into effect, eliminating the element of surprise and thus virtually ensuring that little money is actually frozen.

Unfortunately, they all agreed with Vanda, so it looked like her hope of eliminating both CIA agents was dashed.

Thus, we would have to inoculate ourselves against such pressure by eliminating all waiver provisions.

But that amounts to containing or managing the threat, not eliminating it.

By eliminating the constant fights over the sanctions, inspections, no-fly zones, and so on, we would eliminate a major drain on U.

A new resolution would change the nature of the endeavor completely, eliminating virtually all diplomatic problems.

From that day on, Poland, which under the dictatorship of Marshal Pilsudski was itself just eliminating the last vestiges of parliamentary democracy, began gradually to detach itself from France, its protector since its rebirth in 1919, and to grow ever closer to Nazi Germany.

The assent of the German Government to the conclusion of a nonaggression pact provides the foundation for eliminating the political tension and for the establishment of peace and collaboration between our countries.

He offered to fight the rest of the great battle of encirclement alone with his Luftwaffe, thus eliminating the risk of having to use the valuable panzer formations.

Wall Street that eliminating, or even halving, the tax on dividends would boost stock values.

Accelerating the rate cuts and eliminating double taxation of dividends is good policy.

His guiding principle was to let nothing deter him from his main purpose of eliminating internal rivals.

So we send them to the front and they get killed off and in that way we are eliminating our bad elements.

Replicating human beings in a lab, selecting traits, eliminating others.