eliminate

Etymology

From Latin ēlīminātus, past participle of ēlīmināre (“to turn out of doors, banish”), from ē (“out”) + līmen (“a threshold”), akin to līmes (“a boundary”); see English limit and limen.

verb

1. (transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
   Last year, the company eliminated hundreds of jobs and asked some of the remaining staff to take on the responsibilities of those who were let go. August 4 2020, Jason Schreier, “Blizzard Employees Share Salaries With Each Other to Protest Wage Disparities”, in Time
2. (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).
   a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies
3. (transitive, intransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).
   In one study, 65.8% of the cat owners relinquishing a cat thought that their cat eliminated outside the litter box or destroyed furniture to spite them. 2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, page 7
4. (transitive) To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
   Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.
   John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.
5. (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.