Eliminate
Crossword Clue and Answers
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We most recently saw this clue in The Sun Cryptic.
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Publications
- The Sun Cryptic - Saturday, 3 Jul 2021
- The Sun Cryptic - Monday, 10 May 2021
- The New York Times Crossword - Saturday, 6 Apr 2019
Crossword Answers
3 letters
END
The part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"
RID
Relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"
BAR
The act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"
4 letters
XOUT
PASS
Accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"
5 letters
EGEST
Eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
RIDOF
Do away with
PURGE
An abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place; "he died in a purge by Stalin"
SCRUB
The act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
WASTE
Useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"
ERASE
Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"
6 letters
REJECT
Reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
REMOVE
Cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"
DELETE
Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"
7 letters
ABOLISH
Do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"
WEEDOUT
Remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"
RULEOUT
Dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"
WIPEOUT
A spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard)
EXCLUDE
Prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"
DESTROY
Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
OBVIATE
Do away with
EXCRETE
Eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
8 letters
GETRIDOF
Do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"
STAMPOUT
End or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"
CARRYOFF
Remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry"
DECIMATE
Kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
9 letters
WINNOWOUT
Dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"
ERADICATE
Kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
10 letters
ANNIHILATE
Kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
EXTINGUISH
Put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
DOAWAYWITH
Terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
11 letters
ASSASSINATE
Murder; especially of socially prominent persons; "Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel"