eliminate

取り除く、抹殺する

何かを完全に取り除く。また、人や動物を殺す。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： remove, get rid of, kill

よく使う表現： eliminate a problem, eliminate a threat, eliminate someone

除外する、敗退させる

人や物を検討や調査の対象から外したり、競争で敗退させたりする。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： eliminate someone/something from something (The judges eliminated two singers from the competition.); eliminate someone as something (Police eliminated him as a suspect.)

類義語： exclude, rule out

よく使う表現： eliminate a suspect, eliminate a team, eliminate an option