eliminare — meaning in English

English meaning

• abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
• cancel verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
• delete verb To remove or erase something, especially text or digital data.
• dispose verb To get rid of something (usually with 'of').
• eliminate verb To completely remove or get rid of something.
• erase verb To remove marks, writing, or recorded information completely.
• kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
• remove verb To take something away from its place.

Senses

eliminare is used for these senses in English:

• cancel (transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.
• delete (transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. [from 1600s]
• dispose (intransitive, with of) To eliminate or to get rid of something.
• erase (intransitive) To be erased (have markings removed, have information removed, or be cleared of information).
• get rid of (transitive, idiom) To rid oneself of; to cause oneself to be free of or released from.
• kill (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
• phase out (transitive) To remove or relinquish the use of (something) little by little, either via discrete diminishing phases or (by extension) by continuous gradations; to remove in phases, or as if by phases (gradually).
• remove (transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.

abate — full definition

1. verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
2. verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.

cancel — full definition

1. verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
2. verb To make something officially invalid.
3. verb In mathematics, to remove a common factor from both parts of a fraction or equation.
4. verb Informally, to withdraw public support from someone over controversial behaviour.

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