eliminate

1. (transitive)To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.

   eliminieren, zerstören

   ликвиди́роватьlikvidírovatʹ

   ліквідуватиlikviduvaty

   get rid of something

2. (transitive)To render (a facility) unusable, to destroy it; to disable (a soldier), make them unable to fight (typically but not necessarily by killing)

3. (slang, transitive)To kill (a person or animal).

   a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies

   umbringen, eliminieren, beseitigen

   ликвиди́роватьlikvidírovatʹ, уничтожа́тьuničtožátʹ, уничто́житьuničtóžitʹ

   ліквідуватиlikviduvaty, знищитиznyščyty

   kill in large numbers

4. (ambitransitive)To excrete (waste products).

5. (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.

6. To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.

1. We've already eliminated half the possibilities.

   deWir haben bereits die Hälfte der Möglichkeiten ausgeschlossen.

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2. Tom was the first one to be eliminated.

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3. Tom wasn't the first one to be eliminated.

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4. Tom hasn't been eliminated as a suspect yet.

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5. Tom hasn't yet been eliminated as a suspect.

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