eliminate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
terminate, end, or take out
Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
Types & categories
- destroy hypernym
- cancel out hyponym
- decouple hyponym
- decouple hyponym
- obliterate hyponym
- knock out hyponym
- drown hyponym
- cut out hyponym
- prune hyponym
- extinguish hyponym
- omit hyponym
Related & opposite
- liquidation derivation
- riddance derivation
- eliminator derivation
Sense 2 verb
do away with
Types & categories
- close out hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
kill in large numbers
the plague wiped out an entire population
Types & categories
- kill hypernym
Related & opposite
- annihilation derivation
- decimation derivation
- annihilation derivation
- extermination derivation
- wipeout derivation
- annihilator derivation
- withering derivation
- decimate verb group
Sense 4 verb
dismiss from consideration or a contest
John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi
Sense 5 verb
eliminate from the body
Pass a kidney stone
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
remove from a contest or race
The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race
Types & categories
- beat hypernym
Sense 7 verb
remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Related & opposite
- elimination derivation
- mathematics domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | liquidation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | riddance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | eliminator |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | destroy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cancel out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | decouple |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | decouple |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | obliterate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | knock out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drown |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prune |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | extinguish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | omit |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | need |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obviation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | close out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | annihilation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | decimation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | annihilation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | extermination |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wipeout |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | annihilator |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | withering |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | decimate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | passing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | excretion |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | excretory |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | eject |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sweat |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | exudate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | pee |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | urinate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | void |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | crap |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | vomit |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | beat |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | elimination |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | mathematics |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |