eliminar — meaning in English

English meaning

• cancel verb To call off or stop something planned from happening.
• delete verb To remove or erase something, especially text or digital data.
• eliminate verb To completely remove or get rid of something.
• strike verb To hit someone or something, often forcefully.

Senses

eliminar is used for these senses in English:

• cancel (transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
• cast off (transitive) To discard or reject something.
• delete (transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. [from 1600s]
• eliminate (transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
• strike (transitive) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
• take out (idiom, slang) To kill or destroy.

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.

delete — full definition

1. verb To remove or erase something, especially text or digital data.
2. noun The key on a keyboard used to erase text or files.

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