eliminate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To completely remove or get rid of something.

   The new filter eliminates dust and odours from the air.

2. 2
   verb

   To remove someone from a competition by defeating them.

   Our team was eliminated in the first round of the tournament.

3. 3
   verb

   To rule someone out from a list of possibilities, such as suspects.

   The police eliminated him as a suspect after checking his alibi.

Borrowed from Latin ēlīminātus, perfect passive participle of ēlīminō (“to turn out of doors, banish”), from ē- + līmen (“a threshold”, līmin- in compounds) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), akin to Latin līmes (“a boundary”); see also English limit and limen.

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