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eliminant

English

Noun

eliminant (plural eliminants)

  1. (mathematics) A resultant.
  2. (medicine) A drug promoting excretion or the removal of waste.

Catalan

Verb

eliminant

  1. present participle of eliminar

Latin

Verb

?l?minant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of ?l?min?

eliminant From the web:

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  • what eliminated the poll tax
  • what eliminated literacy tests
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  • what eliminates alcohol from the bloodstream
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eliminate

English

Etymology

From Latin eliminatus, past participle of eliminare (to turn out of doors, banish), from e (out) + limen (a threshold), akin to limes (a boundary); see limit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??l?m?ne?t/

Verb

eliminate (third-person singular simple present eliminates, present participle eliminating, simple past and past participle eliminated)

  1. (transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
  2. (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).
    a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies
  3. (transitive, intransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).
  4. (transitive) To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
    Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.
    John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.
  5. (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:destroy, abrogate, abolish
  • (excrete): See Thesaurus:urinate and Thesaurus:defecate

Related terms

  • eliminable
  • eliminant
  • elimination
  • eliminative
  • eliminator
  • eliminatory

Hyponyms

  • give the chop to
  • give the boot to
  • give the sack to
  • give the walking papers to

Translations

Further reading

  • eliminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • eliminate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

References

Anagrams

  • itameline

Italian

Verb

eliminate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of eliminare
  2. second-person plural imperative of eliminare
  3. feminine plural of eliminato

Latin

Verb

?l?min?te

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?l?min?

eliminate From the web:

  • what eliminates waste from the body
  • what eliminates cat urine smell
  • what eliminates smoke odor
  • what eliminated the poll tax
  • what eliminates alcohol from the bloodstream
  • what eliminates alcohol from the body
  • what eliminates urine smell
  • what eliminates skunk smell
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