eliminate
/ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/
verb
- To completely remove or get rid of something.
- We need to eliminate all sugar from our diet to improve our health.
- The new software will eliminate many manual tasks in the office.
- Scientists are working to eliminate the disease from the region.
- To defeat a person or team so that they cannot continue in a competition.
- She eliminated her opponent with a powerful serve in the final set.
- The quiz show contestant was eliminated after giving a wrong answer.
- Our team was eliminated in the first round of the tournament.
- To kill someone, especially in a planned or secret way.
- The spy was ordered to eliminate the target before sunrise.
- The dictator eliminated his political rivals to stay in power.
- In the movie, the villain tries to eliminate anyone who knows his secret.
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