eliminate
verb (used with object)
to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable.
eliminated
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past participleof eliminate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof eliminate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
eliminateverb (used with object)to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable.
Example Sentences
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Tiafoe, who is seeded 11th, lost to Fritz in another all-American semi-final and was also eliminated by Alcaraz at the same stage in 2022.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
But five first-round draft choices eliminated for the Clippers, a team that was already acquiring draft picks in an obvious rebuild!
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
"The idea that somehow all the jobs are going to be eliminated or removed -- that's just nonsense," Huang told the G20 technology ministers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Switching was effectively eliminated by Congress in 2015.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Serbia “must be eliminated as a power factor in the Balkans,” warned Count Leopold von Berchtold, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
