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eliminate

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  1. exclude               
 
elim.i.nate \i-'lim-*-.na-t\ \i-.lim-*-'na--sh*n\ \i-'lim-*-.na-t-iv\ 
   \-.na-t-*r\ vt [L eliminatus, pp. of eliminare, fr. e- + limin-, li]men 
   threshold 1a: to get rid of : EXPEL  1b: to set aside as unimportant : 
   IGNORE  2: to expel from the living body  3: to cause to disappear by 
   combining two or more equations  - elim.i.na.tion n