eliminate

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Synonyms: delimitate, eliminated, elicitate, laminate, examinate, luminate, aluminate, criminate, eliminates, elimate, eliminee

Antonyms: delimitate, eliminated, elicitate, laminate, examinate, luminate, aluminate, criminate, eliminates, elimate, eliminee

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To completely [[remove]], [[get rid of]], put an end to.
2. {{lb|en|transitive|military}} To [[render]] (a facility) unusable, to [[destroy]] it; to [[disable]] (a soldier), make them unable to fight (typically but not necessarily by killing)
3. {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[kill]] (a person or animal).
4. {{lb|en|ambitransitive|physiology}} To [[excrete]] (waste products).
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[exclude]] (from investigation or from further competition).
6. {{lb|en|accounting}} To record amounts in a [[w:Consolidation (business)#3. More than 50% ownership — Subsidiary|consolidation statement]] to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.<ref>{{cite-web |title=FindMyBestCPA.com - Consolidated Statements (Interco eliminations) |url=http://www.findmybestcpa.com/Accinfo/Consolidated-Statements-(Interco-eliminations)/161.html |accessdate=14 April 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308114407/http://www.findmybestcpa.com/Accinfo/Consolidated-Statements-(Interco-eliminations)/161.html |archivedate=8 March 2011 }}</ref>

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