eliminate

Universal Words verb 1 [VN] ~ sth/sb (from sth) to remove or get rid of sth/sb: Credit cards eliminate the need to carry a lot of cash. * The police have eliminated two suspects from their investigation. * This diet claims to eliminate toxins from the body. 2 [VN] ~ sb (from sth) [usuallypassive] to defeat a person or a team so that they no longer take part in a competition, etc: All the English teams were eliminated in the early stages of the competition. * She was eliminated from the tournament in the first round. 3 [VN] (written) to kill sb, especially an enemy or opponent: Most of the regime's left-wing opponents were eliminated. elimination noun [U,C]: the elimination of disease / poverty / crime * There were three eliminations in the first round of the competition. * the elimination of toxins from the body