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eliminate

verb

/ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/

Meaning

To completely remove or get rid of something.

Eliminate time-wasting habits.

The new policy aims to eliminate corruption in the system.

eliminate the competition

remove, eradicate, abolish, delete, exterminate, wipe out

Entry 1

remove, eradicate, abolish, delete

Entry 2

remove, eradicate, abolish, exterminate, wipe out

keep, retain, maintain, preserve, include, accept

Entry 1

keep, retain, maintain, preserve

Entry 2

include, accept, retain

eliminate problem, eliminate risk, eliminate waste, eliminate need

To harden or make something physically or emotionally tough.

to interfere in something that is not one's concern

to come into violent contact; crash into something

to make something possible; to give someone the ability to do something

to handle something clumsily or to make mistakes while doing something

Make (something) greater by adding to it; increase.