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eliminare — meaning in English

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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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