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"text": "a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies",
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"2": "līmen",
"3": "",
"4": "a threshold"
},
"expansion": "līmen (“a threshold”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "līmes",
"3": "",
"4": "a boundary"
},
"expansion": "līmes (“a boundary”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "limit"
},
"expansion": "limit",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "limen"
},
"expansion": "limen",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin ēlīminātus, past participle of ēlīmināre (“to turn out of doors, banish”), from ē (“out”) + līmen (“a threshold”), akin to līmes (“a boundary”); see English limit and limen.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "eliminates",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "eliminating",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "eliminated",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "eliminated",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "eliminate (third-person singular simple present eliminates, present participle eliminating, simple past and past participle eliminated)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"word": "give the chop to"
},
{
"word": "give the boot to"
},
{
"word": "give the sack to"
},
{
"word": "give the walking papers to"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "eliminable"
},
{
"word": "eliminant"
},
{
"word": "elimination"
},
{
"word": "eliminative"
},
{
"word": "eliminator"
},
{
"word": "eliminatory"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2020 August 4, Jason Schreier, “Blizzard Employees Share Salaries With Each Other to Protest Wage Disparities”, in Time",
"text": "Last year, the company eliminated hundreds of jobs and asked some of the remaining staff to take on the responsibilities of those who were let go.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "abrogate"
},
{
"word": "abolish"
},
{
"word": "destroy"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To kill (a person or animal)."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal)."
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Physiology"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, page 7",
"text": "In one study, 65.8% of the cat owners relinquishing a cat thought that their cat eliminated outside the litter box or destroyed furniture to spite them.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To excrete (waste products)."
],
"links": [
[
"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
],
[
"physiology",
"physiology"
],
[
"excrete",
"excrete"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "urinate"
},
{
"word": "defecate"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"physiology",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To exclude (from investigation or from further competition)."
],
"links": [
[
"exclude",
"exclude"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To exclude (from investigation or from further competition)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Accounting"
],
"glosses": [
"To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions."
],
"links": [
[
"accounting",
"accounting#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions."
],
"topics": [
"accounting",
"business",
"finance"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪˈlɪm.ə.neɪt/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/iˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/iˈlɪm.ə.neɪt/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈlɪm.ə.neɪt/",
"note": "weak vowel merger"
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈlɪm.ə.næɪt/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-au-eliminate.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5b/En-au-eliminate.ogg/En-au-eliminate.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/En-au-eliminate.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "eliminoj"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "asgjësoj"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "zhduk"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "premahvam",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "премахвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "eliminiram",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "елиминирам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "eliminar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "消滅"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiāomiè",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "消灭"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiāochú",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "消除"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gēnchú",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "根除"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "odstranit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "eliminovat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "hävittää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "tuhota"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "hankkiutua eroon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "eliminoida"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "éliminer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "eliminieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "zerstören"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "kiküszöböl"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "felszámol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "kiirt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "megsemmisít"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "eliminar"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "deireadh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "eliminare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jokyo-suru",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "除去する"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "whakamōtī"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "likwidować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zlikwidować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "eliminować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wyeliminować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "eliminar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "likvidírovatʹ",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "ликвиди́ровать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "eliminar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "förgöra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "eliminera"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "likviduvaty",
"sense": "completely destroy",
"word": "ліквідувати"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "asgjësoj"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ubivam",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "убивам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "抹殺"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǒshā",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "抹杀"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chúdiào",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "除掉"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "殺"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shā",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "杀"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "eliminoida"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "listiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "kill",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "nirhata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "tuer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "umbringen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "eliminieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "beseitigen"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "afdauþjan",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "𐌰𐍆𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katharízo",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "καθαρίζω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "skotóno",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "σκοτώνω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "eliminare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "massatsu-suru",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "抹殺する"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "koro-su",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "殺す"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "satsugai-suru",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "殺害する"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jegeohada",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "제거하다"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "likvidírovatʹ",
"sense": "kill",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "ликвиди́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uničtožátʹ",
"sense": "kill",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уничтожа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uničtóžitʹ",
"sense": "kill",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уничто́жить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "matar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "temizlemek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "likviduvaty",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "ліквідувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "znyščyty",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "знищити"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "páichū",
"sense": "excrete",
"word": "排出"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "urine",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "excrete",
"word": "virtsata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "feces",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "excrete",
"word": "ulostaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "eliminate the effects of intercompany transactions in a consolidation statement",
"word": "eliminoida"
}
],
"word": "eliminate"
}
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