eliminate

eliminar, matar

Deshacerse totalmente de algo, o matar a una persona o un animal.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: remove, get rid of, kill

Expresiones frecuentes: eliminate a problem, eliminate a threat, eliminate someone

descartar, eliminar

Excluir a alguien o algo de las opciones consideradas, de una investigación o de una competición.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

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

Sinónimos: exclude, rule out

Expresiones frecuentes: eliminate a suspect, eliminate a team, eliminate an option