| word | eliminate |
|---|---|
| definition | verb To eliminate something, especially something you do not want or need, means to remove it completely. The priority should be to eliminate child poverty. Academic departments are being eliminated. If you think you may be allergic to a food or drink, eliminate it from your diet. ...the prohibition and elimination of chemical weapons. When a person or team is eliminated from a competition, they are defeated and so take no further part in the competition. I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals. If you are eliminated in the show-jumping then you are out of the complete competition. If someone says that they have eliminated an enemy, they mean that they have killed them. By using the word 'eliminate', they are trying to make the action sound more positive than if they used the word 'kill'. He declared war on the government and urged right-wingers to eliminate their opponents. The radio station claimed that 87,000 'reactionaries' had been eliminated. |
| inflections | eliminateseliminatingeliminatedeliminationdo intake out |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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