DICTOMETER

OBVIAR (Spanish for "eliminate")

(eliminate, get rid of, obviate, bli kvitt, rydde av veien)

1. Synonyms:
   • Extinguish
   • Eliminate
   • Get rid of
   • Do away with
   Definitions:
   • terminate, end, or take out
   Examples:
   • Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
   • Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
   • Eliminate my debts
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Obviate
   • Rid of
   • Eliminate
   Definitions:
   • do away with
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Eliminate
   • Annihilate
   • Extinguish
   • Eradicate
   • Wipe out
   • Decimate
   • Carry off
   Definitions:
   • kill in large numbers
   Examples:
   • The plague wiped out an entire population
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Rule out
   • Eliminate
   • Winnow out
   • Reject
   Definitions:
   • dismiss from consideration or a contest
   Examples:
   • John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi
   • This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Excrete
   • Egest
   • Eliminate
   • Pass
   Definitions:
   • eliminate from the body
   Examples:
   • Pass a kidney stone
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Eliminate
   Definitions:
   • remove from a contest or race
   Examples:
   • The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Eliminate
   Definitions:
   • remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations