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Engelsk udsagnsord: eliminate

1. eliminate (om ændring) terminate, end, or take out


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningLet's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics.
Socialism extinguished these archaic customs.
Eliminate my debts.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)do away with, extinguish, get rid of


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody.
Something ----s somebody.
Something ----s something


Mindre specifikke termerdestroy, destruct


Mere specifikke termercancel out, cut, cut out, decouple, decouple, drown, except, exclude, extinguish, knock out, leave off, leave out, obliterate, omit, prune, rationalise, rationalize, snuff out, take out, wipe out

2. eliminate (om tilstand) do away with


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)obviate, rid of


AnvendelsesmønsterSomething ----s something


Mere specifikke termerclose out, preclude, rule out


Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer)necessitate, need, require, call for, demand, postulate, involve, ask, take

3. eliminate (om ændring) kill in large numbers


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe plague wiped out an entire population.


Eksempler på anvendelseThey want to eliminate the prisoners


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)annihilate, carry off, decimate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s somebody.
Something ----s somebody


Mindre specifikke termerkill


Udsagnsord med lignende betydningdecimate

4. eliminate (om erkendelse) dismiss from consideration or a contest


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningJohn was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi.
This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)reject, rule out, winnow out


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody

5. eliminate (i anatomi) eliminate from the body


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningPass a kidney stone.


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)egest, excrete, pass


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something


Mindre specifikke termerdischarge, eject, exhaust, expel, release


Mere specifikke termerbarf, be sick, ca-ca, cast, cat, chuck, crap, defecate, disgorge, empty, evacuate, exudate, exude, honk, make, make, make water, micturate, ooze, ooze out, pass water, pee, pee-pee, perspire, piddle, piss, puddle, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, relieve oneself, retch, shit, sick, spend a penny, spew, spue, stool, sudate, sweat, take a crap, take a leak, take a shit, throw up, transude, upchuck, urinate, urinate, void, vomit, vomit up, wee, wee-wee

6. eliminate (om konkurrence) remove from a contest or race


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race.


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s somebody


Mindre specifikke termerbeat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish

7. eliminate (om ændring) remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations


AnvendelsesmønsterSomebody ----s something


Mindre specifikke termerremove, take, take away, withdraw


Overordnet emneområdemath, mathematics, maths









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