Eliminating

verb

Word Frequency: 5.5

Definitions

1.verbTo completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.

2.verbTo kill (a person or animal).

"a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies"

3.verbTo excrete (waste products).

4.verbTo exclude (from investigation or from further competition).

"Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses."

5.verbTo record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.

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