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
- verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.
cancel — full definition
- verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
- verb To make something officially invalid.
- verb In mathematics, to remove a common factor from both parts of a fraction or equation.
- verb Informally, to withdraw public support from someone over controversial behaviour.