eliminate

Verb

• remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations

• remove from a contest or race
  • The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race
    

• eliminate from the body
  • Pass a kidney stone
    

• 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
    

• kill in large numbers
  • the plague wiped out an entire population
    

• do away with

• terminate, end, or take out
  • Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
    
  • Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
    
  • eliminate my debts
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  excrete , egest , pass , rule out , winnow out , reject , annihilate , extinguish , eradicate , wipe out , decimate , carry off , obviate , rid of , get rid of , do away with
• Antonyms: 
  necessitate , ask , postulate , need , require , take , involve , call for , demand