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eliminate
verb as in remove, throw out
Strongest matches
cancel, defeat, dispose of, disqualify, eradicate, erase, exclude, get rid of, ignore, knock out, oust, phase out, stamp out, waive, wipe out
Strong matches
annihilate, discard, discharge, dismiss, disregard, drop, eject, evict, expel, exterminate, invalidate, kill, liquidate, murder, omit, reject, slay, terminate, waste
Weak matches
blot out, bump off, cast out, count out, cut out, dispense with, do away with, drive out, leave out, put out, rub out, rule out, set aside, shut the door on, take out
Example Sentences
The long-term goal is to win buy-in from Congress — and then to eliminate the Education Department entirely, which requires congressional approval.
“Our legislature eliminated the trigger because Texas had already triggered it,” Mitchell said Tuesday.
“I take it the singing of the school song every morning has also been eliminated?”
And if Lord Fredrick stayed home, the danger of a wayward shot was all but eliminated . . . but this “hunt or be hunted” business made her deeply uneasy.
So far, Suzanne Braden reports, poaching has been nearly eliminated—thanks to extreme penalties that can include up to ten years behind bars.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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