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[ verb ] terminate or take out
Synonyms Examples "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)It recommends that the United_States `` seek instead to detach the Castro regime from the Communist bloc by working for a diplomatic detente and a resumption of trade relations ; and concentrate its constructive efforts on eliminating in other parts of Latin_America the social conditions on_which totalitarian nationalism feeds '' . (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans],...)The issue which may make it necessary to have a session is the highly_sensitive problem of cutting the state 's congressional_districts from six to five to eliminate one congressional seat . (The Atlanta Constitution...)Perhaps the engineers can find_out what causes all the congestion and suggest methods to eliminate it . (William Gomberg, "Unions and the Anti-Trust Laws"...)Paradoxically , the same week in_which Senator_McClellan was attempting to extend the anti-trust act to labor in transportation , the Civil_Aeronautics_Board was assuring the airlines that if they met in_concert to eliminate many costly features of air_travel , the action would not be deemed a violation of the anti-trust act . (The New York Times,...)The board will be able to increase , decrease , add or eliminate budget_items , subject_to the Mayor 's veto ; but the City_Council will now share fully this budget-altering power . Related terms destroy exclude knock_out cancel_out cut_out cut drown snuff_out cut_out decouple decouple obliterate elimination |
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[ verb ] do away with
Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)This absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass not_only produces greater fidelity , but it eliminates listener fatigue . (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)Obviously , the four year provision limits this to fundamentals and much desirable material must be eliminated . (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)the suburbanite naturally calls a local rather_than a central city number if both are listed in an advertisement , especially if the local_call eliminates city sales_tax . Related terms |
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[ verb ] kill in large numbers
Synonyms Examples "the plague wiped out an entire population" Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)Heydrich , in opening the Conference , followed the reasoning and even the phraseology of the order issued earlier by Goering which authorized the Final_Solution as `` a complement to '' previous `` solutions '' for eliminating the Jews from German living_space through violence , economic_strangulation , forced emigration , and evacuation . (U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)The sole guidance given the Court for discharging the task committed to it was this : `` The judgment must therefore be reversed and the cause remanded to the District_Court for a determination , after further hearing , of the equitable relief necessary and appropriate in the public interest to eliminate the effects of the acquisition offensive to the statute . Related terms kill decimate annihilation annihilation decimation annihilator |
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[ verb ] eliminate from the body
Examples "Pass a kidney stone" Used in print (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)Defining sobriety in the limited sense of being free from the clinical symptoms of the effects of alcohol ingested and not_yet eliminated from the system , you are sober . |
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[ verb ] dismiss from consideration
Examples "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi" "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" Used in print (Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)Most_of them could be eliminated ; Muller 's would have to be one of the half_dozen almost directly opposite . |
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[ verb ] remove from a contest or race
Examples "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race" Related terms |
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[ verb ] remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
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