eliminate

verbs

terminate, end, or take out
"Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
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do away with
kill in large numbers
"the plague wiped out an entire population"
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"
eliminate from the body
"Pass a kidney stone"
is derived from
remove from a contest or race
"The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"
is a type of (narrower)
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
"Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
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domain category
a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
is a type of (narrower)
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
"remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"