vverb.changeterminate, end, or take outSynset:do away with extinguish get rid of
Examples:- Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
- Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
- eliminate my debts
Derivationally Related Form:eliminatorelimination
Hypernyms:destroy destruct
Inherited Hypernyms:extinguishdestroyunmake
Direct Hyponyms:cancel outcutcut outdecoupledrownexceptexcludeextinguishknock outleave offleave outobliterateomitprunerationaliserationalizesnuff outtake outwipe out
Full Troponyms:cancel outcutcut outdecoupledropdrownelideexciseexcludeknock outobliteratesmothersnuff outstamp
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.stativedo away withSynset:obviate rid of
Antonyms:necessitate
Derivationally Related Form:obviation
Inherited Hypernyms:obviate
Direct Hyponyms:close outprecluderule out
Full Troponyms:preclude
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.changekill in large numbersSynset:annihilate carry off decimate eradicate extinguish wipe out
Examples:- the plague wiped out an entire population
Derivationally Related Form:annihilatorwipeoutextinctionannihilationdecimationannihilative
Hypernyms:kill
Inherited Hypernyms:eliminatekill
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: eliminate)
vverb.cognitiondismiss from consideration or a contestSynset:reject rule out winnow out
Examples:- John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi
- This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration
Inherited Hypernyms:rule out
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.bodyeliminate from the bodySynset:egest excrete pass
Derivationally Related Form:excretingexcretionexcretorypassingelimination
Hypernyms:discharge eject exhaust expel release
Inherited Hypernyms:excreteexhaust
Direct Hyponyms:barfbe sickca-cacastcatchuckcrapdefecatedisgorgeemptyevacuateexudateexudehonkmakemake watermicturateoozeooze outpass waterpeepee-peeperspirepiddlepisspuddlepukepurgeregorgeregurgitaterelieve oneselfretchshitsickspend a pennyspewspuestoolsudatesweattake a craptake a leaktake a shitthrow uptransudeupchuckurinatevoidvomitvomit upweewee-wee
Full Troponyms:distilldungevacuateextravasateexudefrothgumlathermakereeksecretestalestoolstreamsuctionsweatsweltertranspireurinatevomitwaterwet
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.competitionremove from a contest or raceExamples:- The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race
Hypernyms:beat beat out crush shell trounce vanquish
Inherited Hypernyms:eliminatebeatget the better of
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.changeremove (an unknown variable) from two or more equationsTopic:mathmathematicsmaths
Derivationally Related Form:elimination
Hypernyms:remove take take away withdraw
Inherited Hypernyms:eliminateremove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something