Note that this does not eliminate the need to back up the transaction log
verb /ɪ'lɪmɪnet/
1
to completely get rid of something that is unnecessary or unwanted → eradicate/ɪ'rædɪket/
to remove (something that is not wanted or needed)
to get rid of (something)
to remove or get rid of sth/sb
to remove or take away
to get rid of something that is not wanted or needed
to decide that someone or something is not responsible for something
To eliminate something, especially something you do not want or need, means to remove it completely.
eliminate a need/possibility/risk/problem etc
The credit card eliminates the need for cash or cheques.
There is no solution that will totally eliminate the possibility of theft.
eliminate something/somebody from something
Fatty foods should be eliminated from the diet.
Doctors seek to eliminate the causes of the epidemic/ˌɛpɪ'dɛmɪk/.
The body naturally eliminates waste products.
The company plans to eliminate more than 2,000 jobs in the coming year.
The regime has ruthlessly eliminated [=killed] the leaders of the opposition.
She's trying to eliminate fatty foods from her diet.
Credit cards eliminate the need to carry a lot of cash.
The police have eliminated two suspects from their investigation.
This diet claims to eliminate toxins from the body.
A move towards healthy eating could help eliminate heart disease.
We eliminated the possibility that it could have been an accident.
The police eliminated him from their enquiries.
Many infectious diseases have been virtually eliminated.
He has had to eliminatedairy/'dɛri/productsfrom his diet.
We’ve eliminated the possibility that the fire was started deliberately.
eliminate someone from your inquiries(=believe they are innocent)
Police who interviewed the man are eliminating him from their inquiries.
The Sex Discrimination Act has not eliminated discrimination in employment...
Academic departments are being eliminated...
If you think you may be allergic/ə'lɝdʒɪk/ to a food or drink, eliminate it from your diet.
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In everyday English, people usually say get rid of rather than eliminate
It is almost impossible to get rid of the problem.
2
to defeat a team or person in a competition, so that they no longer take part in it SYN knock out
to defeat and remove (a team, player, etc.) from a competition - often used as (be/get) eliminated
to defeat a person or a team so that they no longer take part in a competition, etc.
to defeat someone so that they cannot continue in a competition
to remove someone from a competition or election
When a person or team is eliminated from a competition, they are defeated and so take no further part in the competition.
Our team was eliminated in the first round.
The team was eliminated in the first round of the play-offs.
All the English teams were eliminated in the early stages of the competition.
She was eliminated from the tournament/'tɔnəmənt/ in the first round.
He was eliminated in the third round of the competition.
Five candidates were eliminated after the first interview.
I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals...
If you are eliminated in the show-jumping then you are out of the complete competition.
GRAMMARE liminate is usually passive in this meaning.
3
to kill someone in order to prevent them from causing trouble
to kill sb, especially an enemy or opponent
to murder
to murder someone who is considered to be a problem
If someone says that they have eliminated an enemy, they mean that they have killed them. By using the word `eliminate', they are trying to make the action sound more positive than if they used the word `kill'.
a ruthless dictator who eliminated all his rivals/'raɪvl/
Most of the regime's left-wing opponents were eliminated.
A police officer was accused of helping a drug gang eliminate rivals.
He declared war on the government and urged/ɝdʒ/ right-wingers to eliminate their opponents...
The radio station claimed that 87,000 `reactionaries' /rɪ'ækʃənɛri/had been eliminated.
4
eliminate somebody from your enquiries
[British English]if the police eliminate someone from their enquiries, they decide that that person did not commit a particular crime
eliminationnoun
the elimination of disease/poverty/'pɑvɚti//crime
There were three eliminations in the first round of the competition.
the elimination of toxins from the body
the prohibition and elimination of chemical weapons.
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