eliminate
verb
uk/iˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/us/iˈlɪm.ə.neɪt/C1[T]
toremoveor take away someone or something:
排除；消除；清除Amovetowardshealthyeatingcouldhelpeliminateheartdisease.养成健康的饮食习惯有助于消除心脏病诱因。
We eliminated thepossibilitythat it could have been anaccident.我们排除了这或许是一起意外事故的可能性。
Thepoliceeliminated himfromtheirenquiries.警察已把他排除在调查对象之外。
C1[Toften passive]
todefeatsomeone so that they cannotcontinuein acompetition:
（比赛中）淘汰He was eliminated in the third round of thecompetition.他在第3轮比赛中被淘汰。
to beat someone in a race, competition, etc.
- beatUnited beat City 3 - 2.
- defeatCan Ireland defeat New Zealand in this high-stakes match?
- conquerThe Greeks had fought and conquered the army of Mardonius.
- vanquishThe superhero always vanquishes his foes and saves the world.
- annihilateModern superpowers succeed not by annihilating their enemies but by buying them off.
- hammerThe Colts got hammered by the Patriots.
[T]slang
tomurdersomeone:
消灭；干掉Apoliceofficerwasaccusedofhelpingadruggangeliminaterivals.一名警察被指控帮助一个贩毒黑帮铲平敌对帮派。
- Waterhelpseliminatetoxinsfromyoursystem.
- Policehave eliminated him fromtheirenquiries.
- Theviruscan never beentirelyeliminated from thebody.
- Theprogrammewillminimize, though not eliminate, theproblem.
- Shehiredanassassinto eliminate herrival.
Removing and getting rid of things
- abandonment
- banish
- be scattered to the four windsidiom
- bin
- castsomeone/somethingaside/away/off
- dumping
- erase
- erasure
- evacuate
- evacuation
- exorcism
- expunge
- fling
- scrape
- shoo
- shrug
- shrugsomethingoff
- shuck
- shucksomethingoff
- sling
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