eliminate

beseitigen, eliminieren, töten

Etwas vollständig entfernen oder einen Menschen beziehungsweise ein Tier töten.

In einfachem Englisch: To get rid of something completely, or to kill a person or animal.

• The update eliminated the problem.
• We must eliminate waste from the process.
• The gang planned to eliminate the witness.

Synonyme: remove, get rid of, kill

Häufige Wendungen: eliminate a problem, eliminate a threat, eliminate someone

ausschließen, ausscheiden lassen

Jemanden oder etwas aus der Auswahl, einer Untersuchung oder einem Wettbewerb ausschließen.

In einfachem Englisch: To remove someone or something from consideration, an investigation, or a competition.

• We can eliminate that option.
• The team was eliminated in the first round.
• Police eliminated her as a suspect after checking her story.

So benutzt man es: eliminate someone/something from something (The judges eliminated two singers from the competition.); eliminate someone as something (Police eliminated him as a suspect.)

Synonyme: exclude, rule out

Häufige Wendungen: eliminate a suspect, eliminate a team, eliminate an option