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Added 9 October 2026

eliminate

/ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/ verb

Latin root: ēlīminātus Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about eliminate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Terminate, end, or take out.
Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
Do away with.
Kill in large numbers.
the plague wiped out an entire population

Origin

Borrowed from Latin ēlīminātus, perfect passive participle of ēlīminō (“to turn out of doors, banish”), from ē- + līmen (“a threshold”, līmin- in compounds) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), akin to Latin līmes (“a boundary”); see also English limit and limen.

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