Definition of "eliminate" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.

2. (transitive, military) To render (a facility) unusable, to destroy it; to disable (a soldier), make them unable to fight (typically but not necessarily by killing)

3. (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).

   • a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies

4. (ambitransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).

5. (transitive) To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).

   • Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.
   • John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.

6. (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.