eliminate

éliminer, supprimer, tuer

Faire disparaître complètement quelque chose, ou tuer une personne ou un animal.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : remove, get rid of, kill

Expressions courantes : eliminate a problem, eliminate a threat, eliminate someone

écarter, éliminer

Retirer quelqu’un ou quelque chose des possibilités envisagées, d’une enquête ou d’une compétition.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : eliminate someone/something from something (The judges eliminated two singers from the competition.); eliminate someone as something (Police eliminated him as a suspect.)

Synonymes : exclude, rule out

Expressions courantes : eliminate a suspect, eliminate a team, eliminate an option