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eliminates

VERB

remove, throw out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cancel defeat dispose of disqualify eradicate erase exclude get rid of ignore knock out oust phase out stamp out waive wipe out

STRONG

annihilate discard discharge dismiss disregard drop eject evict expel exterminate invalidate kill liquidate murder omit reject slay terminate waste

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

add aid allow create establish help hold keep permit retain

STRONG

accept admit approve bear begin build employ engage give birth hire include initiate preserve save start take in welcome

WEAK

choose ratify sanction

Example Sentences

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Taxi Commission Eliminates Off-Duty Designation for Roof Lights It has been perched for ages atop the city’s swarm of yellow taxis, an illuminated language in which it seemed only New Yorkers were fluent.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2012

Eliminates the requirement that Federal Reserve banks must back with gold certificates 25% of the commercial bank deposits they hold.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bill also: >Eliminates the $100 per week exclusion of "sick pay" from taxable income unless the recipient is totally disabled.

From Time Magazine Archive

The next day, the national press parroted the figures it had been fed by Strauss: “U.S. Eliminates 95% of Fall-Out from the H-Bomb,” the New York Times reported on its front page.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik