Meaning
- (verb) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
- (verb) To kill (a person or animal). “a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies”
- (verb) To excrete (waste products).
- (verb) To exclude (from investigation or from further competition). “Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.”
- (verb) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
Letter breakdown
- Eliminate contains 9 letters: 5 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 11.
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with ELI
- elicit
- elicited
- eliciting
- elicits
- elide
- elided
- elides
- eliding
- eligibility
- eligible
- eliminated
- eliminates
- eliminating
- elimination
- eliminations
- elision
- elisions
- elite
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Words ending with ATE
Words from these letters
- timeline
- ailment
- enamel
- entail
- inmate
- lament
- mantel
- mantle
- menial
- mental
- alien
- aline
- anime
- eaten
- elate
- elite
- enema
- inlet
- intel
- limit
- meant
- metal
- alit
- amen
- ante
- anti
- emit
- item
- lain
- lame
- lane
- late
- lean
- lent
- lien
- lime
- limn
- line
- lint
- lite
- main
- male
- malt
- mane
- mate
- meal
- mean
- meat
- meet
- melt
- meta
- mete
- mien
- mile
- mine
- mini
- mint
Reader questions
What does Eliminate mean?
To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
How many letters are in Eliminate?
Eliminate has 9 letters.
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