/
ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/
v.
- completely remove or get rid of.
▸reject or exclude from consideration or further participation.
- Chemistry generate (a simple substance) as a product in the course of a reaction involving larger molecules.
Derivative
- eliminable adj.
- elimination n.
- eliminator n.
- eliminatory adj.
Etymology
C16: from L. eliminat-, eliminare ‘turn out of doors’.