éliminer
to eliminate, to remove
verb eh-lee-mee-NEH Less Common
Origin: Latin eliminare (to drive out)
Usage Note
Éliminer is used in sports (l'équipe a été éliminée = 'the team was eliminated'), science (remove a variable), and everyday speech (get rid of something). The related noun is élimination. In a competition context, éliminatoire means 'qualifying' or 'knockout' (round).
Examples
"Ils ont été éliminés au premier tour."
Natural Translation
They were eliminated in the first round.
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