Definition: 1. Terminate or take out. 2. Do away with. 3. Kill in large numbers. 4. Dismiss from consideration. 5. Eliminate from the body. 6. Remove from a contest or race.
Use 'eliminate' in a sentence:
1. Because many of those large satellites have ceased to function, the proposal recently been made to eliminate interference from nonfunctioning satellites by exploding them in space.
2. He hacked away at the story, eliminating one character entirely.
3. He eliminated all his political rivals.
4. The company's shipping manager is proposing that customer orders be packed with newer, more expensive packing materials that virtually eliminate damage during shipping.
5. He eliminated his rivals in a brutal struggle for power.
6. He declared war on the government and urged right-wingers to eliminate their opponents.
7. The aim of war is to eliminate war.
8. If you could eliminate one old custom from your country, which would you choose and why?
9. Our goal is to eliminate poverty.
10. People should be prohibited from using plastic bags to eliminate white pollution.
11. The idea that equipping homes with electrical appliances and other "modern" household technologies would eliminate drudgery, save labor time, and increase leisure for women.
12. Of the 10 starters, four were eliminated or retired.
13. Only when all of us join hand in hand to eliminate noise pollution at all levels, can we have a better environment and a more beautiful future.
14. This year, it announced it would eliminate loans for needy students and cap them for middle-income families.
15. No system is impenetrable, and none can promise to eliminate the worst case completely.
16. Academic departments are being eliminated.
17. If the individual knows that he or she can control the noise, this seems to eliminate both its negative effects at the time and its after-effects.
18. My opinion on this problem is that we should take immediate measures to eliminate air pollution.
19. Other machines would distinguish problem weeds from crops and eliminate them with shots from high-power lasers or a microdot of pesticide.
20. Should we change the way math is taught in schools, or eliminate some courses entirely?
21. Out of six attempts to eliminate him, three were exposed immediately.
22. He was eliminated in the very first round.
23. I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals.
24. If you are eliminated in the show-jumping then you are out of the complete competition.
25. Such moves may eliminate the fears of those living in the exporting countries, but they are creating panic in importing countries that must rely on what is then left for export.
26. Fire brigades, upon receiving fire reporting, must rush to fire site immediately to rescue people under mishap, eliminate dangerous case and extinguish fire.
27. If you start a local increase of birds, be prepared to do what may be required to eliminate hazards to those you want to befriend.
28. Local production virtually eliminates transport costs.
29. The Sex Discrimination Act has not eliminated discrimination in employment.
30. Hyundai said this week it is scaling back its U.S. operations by eliminating 50 positions.
31. Researchers are evaluating how serious this problem is and hope to find ways to eliminate or sharply reduce this problem.
32. You must eliminate an unknown quantity.
33. Microsoft's critics believe that the big tech companies tend to eliminate their potential competitors.
34. Only when all of us join efforts to eliminate pollution at all levels can we expect to have a better environment.
35. It will let us eliminate the risk we would take of contaminating the samples if they were brought back to Earth.
36. The radio station claimed that 87,000 'reactionaries' had been eliminated.
37. India has just announced it will "eliminate all single-use plastic in the country by 2022."
38. America wants to eliminate tariffs on items such as electronics.
39. Proper selection will eliminate one source of likely breakdown in the communication cycle.
40. The police have eliminated two suspects from their investigation.
41. The average dark current is often eliminated by means of a zeroing circuit.
42. This diet claims to eliminate toxins from the body.
43. In order to eliminate the weed, biologists proposed treating infested parts of the lake with a certain herbicide that is nontoxic for humans and aquatic animals.
44. Years of living in England had eliminated all trace of her American accent.
45. All the English teams were eliminated in the early stages of the competition.
46. You could never eliminate risk, but preparation and training could attenuate it.
47. He was eliminated in the first round of voting.
48. Credit cards eliminate the need to carry a lot of cash.
49. We called up three economists to ask how to eliminate the deficit and they obliged with very straightforward answers.
50. Most of the regime's left-wing opponents were eliminated.
51. Global warming is expected to significantly reduce or eliminate this tree's habitat.
52. Once you have eliminated the obvious causes of death, you must consider the possibility of foul play.
53. If you are allergic to certain food, you should eliminate it from your diet.
54. If you think you may be allergic to a food or drink, eliminate it from your diet.
