eliminate

present (v1)

eliminate

past (v2)

eliminated

past participle (v3)

eliminated

present participle

eliminating

3rd person singular

eliminates

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

   • Flutter, which is present in most iris-supported lenses, is minimized or virtually eliminated.
   • Last year, the company eliminated hundreds of jobs and asked some of the remaining staff to take on the responsibilities of those who were let go.
   • The air-handling equipment humidifies, dehumidifies, and distributes the correct amount of fresh air into every zone and eliminates all smoke, dust, and odors, with electric precipitrons.

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

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

4. 4.To excrete (waste products).

   • In one study, 65.8% of the cat owners relinquishing a cat thought that their cat eliminated outside the litter box or destroyed furniture to spite them.

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