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eliminate  

EN[ɪˈlɪməneɪt]
Féliminer
  • VerbeSGeliminatesPReliminatingPT, PPeliminatedSUF-ate
    1. VT To completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists.
      1. SLA To kill (a person or animal).
        1. (physiology) To excrete (waste products).
          1. To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
            1. Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.
            2. John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.
          2. (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
          3. Plus d'exemples
            1. Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
              • John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.
              • Since I don't believe in reincarnation, I believe that the only way to eliminate suffering is to die.
              • Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.
            2. Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
              • The next step was the invention of the self-tailing device, whereby the need for a tailer, holding the sheet or halyard while another person operated the winch, was eliminated.

          Meaning of eliminate for the defined word.

          Grammaticalement, ce mot "eliminate" est un verbe, plus spécifiquement, un verbes transitif.
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