· terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"

Synonym(s): extinguish, get_rid_of, do_away_with

Hypernym(s): destroy, destruct

· do away with

Synonym(s): obviate, rid_of

· kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"

Synonym(s): annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe_out, decimate, carry_off

Hypernym(s): kill

· dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"

Synonym(s): rule_out, winnow_out, reject

· eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

Synonym(s): excrete, egest, pass

Hypernym(s): exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release

· remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"

Hypernym(s): beat, beat_out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish

· remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations

Hypernym(s): remove, take, take_away, withdraw