eliminate

  • (verb): To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
  • (verb): To kill (a person or animal).
  • (verb): To excrete (waste products).
  • (verb): To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
  • (verb): To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
  • a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies
  • Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.