verb · academic
eliminate
/ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/e·LIM·i·nate
to completely remove something that is unnecessary or harmful
Examples
“To improve public health, governments should eliminate sources of contamination in drinking water.”
“The study aims to identify and eliminate systematic bias in the sampling method.”
“Technological advances have helped eliminate many manual tasks in manufacturing.”
Band 8 sentence
“If we want research findings to be reliable, we need to eliminate confounding variables at the design stage.”
Collocations
- eliminate bias
- eliminate the possibility of
- eliminate errors
Word family
Common mistakes
We must eliminate of poverty.→We must eliminate poverty.
This policy will eliminate from the problem.→This policy will eliminate the problem.
Say it for a higher band
5get rid of→6remove→7+eliminate
Synonyms
remove
eradicate
Easily confused
remove
“The committee removed several outdated recommendations from the report.”
eradicate
“International efforts aim to eradicate polio worldwide.”
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