eliminate

eliminare, uccidere

Far sparire del tutto qualcosa, oppure uccidere una persona o un animale.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: remove, get rid of, kill

Espressioni comuni: eliminate a problem, eliminate a threat, eliminate someone

escludere, eliminare

Togliere qualcuno o qualcosa dalle possibilità considerate, da un’indagine o da una competizione.

In inglese semplice: 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.

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

Sinonimi: exclude, rule out

Espressioni comuni: eliminate a suspect, eliminate a team, eliminate an option