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Verb
S:
(v)
extinguish (extinguish%2:30:03::)
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eliminate (eliminate%2:30:01::)
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get rid of (get_rid_of%2:30:00::)
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do away with (do_away_with%2:30:00::)
(terminate, end, or take out)
"Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
S:
(v)
obviate (obviate%2:42:00::)
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rid of (rid_of%2:42:00::)
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eliminate (eliminate%2:42:01::)
(do away with)
S:
(v)
eliminate (eliminate%2:30:00::)
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annihilate (annihilate%2:30:00::)
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extinguish (extinguish%2:30:01::)
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eradicate (eradicate%2:30:00::)
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wipe out (wipe_out%2:30:00::)
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decimate (decimate%2:30:00::)
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carry off (carry_off%2:30:00::)
(kill in large numbers)
"the plague wiped out an entire population"
verb group
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
rule out (rule_out%2:31:00::)
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eliminate (eliminate%2:31:00::)
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winnow out (winnow_out%2:31:00::)
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reject (reject%2:31:02::)
(dismiss from consideration or a contest)
"John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"
S:
(v)
excrete (excrete%2:29:00::)
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egest (egest%2:29:00::)
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eliminate (eliminate%2:29:00::)
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pass (pass%2:29:00::)
(eliminate from the body)
"Pass a kidney stone"
S:
(v)
eliminate (eliminate%2:33:00::)
(remove from a contest or race)
"The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"
S:
(v)
eliminate (eliminate%2:30:06::)
(remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations)