Verb eliminate has 7 senses
  1. eliminate, get rid of, do away with - terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"
    --1 is one way to destroy, destruct
    Derived forms: noun elimination1, noun elimination5, noun eliminator1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. obviate, rid of, eliminate - do away with
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  3. eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
    --3 is one way to kill
    Sample sentence:
    They want to eliminate the prisoners
  4. rule out, eliminate, reject - dismiss from consideration; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  5. excrete, egest, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
    --5 is one way to discharge, expel, eject, release
    Derived form: noun elimination2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  6. eliminate - remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"
    --6 is one way to
    beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  7. eliminate - remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
    --7 is one way to
    remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Derived form: noun elimination4
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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