to get rid of (something) completely; to eradicate
the need to eliminate poverty
to set (something) aside as unimportant; to ignore
to kill (a person), esp so as to remove them as an obstacle
to remove (a competitor, team, etc) from a competition, usu by defeat
to expel (e.g. waste) from the living body
eliminable adj
elimination /-ʹnaysh(ə)n/ noun
eliminative /-nətiv/ adj
eliminator noun
[Latin eliminatus, past part. of eliminare to turn out of doors, from ex-1 + limin-, limen threshold]