1. (

• extinguish ,
• eliminate ,
• get_rid_of ,
• do_away_with

) terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" ;

2. (

• obviate ,
• rid_of ,
• eliminate ,

) do away with ;

3. (

• eliminate ,
• annihilate ,
• extinguish ,
• eradicate ,
• wipe_out ,
• decimate ,
• carry_off

) kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" ;

4. (

• rule_out ,
• eliminate ,
• winnow_out ,
• reject ,

) dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" ;

5. (

• excrete ,
• egest ,
• eliminate ,
• pass

) eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" ;

6. (

• eliminate

) remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race" ;

7. (

• eliminate ,

) remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations ;