different between eliminate vs abreact

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?

English

Etymology

Partial calque of German abreagieren, from ab (“away from, off, down from”) + reagieren (“to react”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.?i?ækt/

Verb

abreact (third-person singular simple present abreacts, present participle abreacting, simple past and past participle abreacted)

1. (transitive, psychoanalysis) To eliminate previously repressed emotions by reliving past experiences. [First attested in the early 20^th century.]

Translations

References

Anagrams

• abacter, bear cat, bearcat, bractea, cabaret, cat bear