Collocations for eliminate - verb
ADVERB
altogether,
completely,
entirely,
totally
The risk cannot be eliminated altogether.
This procedure does not completely eliminate the possibility of an accident.
The risk cannot be eliminated altogether.
This procedure does not completely eliminate the possibility of an accident.
almost,
nearly,
practically,
virtually
largely
effectively, essentially
Getting this job has effectively eliminated his financial worries.
largely
effectively, essentially
Getting this job has effectively eliminated his financial worries.
successfully
possibly, potentially
eventually, ultimately
a policy that they claim will eventually eliminate corruption in the industry
possibly, potentially
eventually, ultimately
a policy that they claim will eventually eliminate corruption in the industry
gradually
quickly, rapidly
immediately
quickly, rapidly
immediately
VERB + eliminate
seek to,
take steps to,
try to
help (to)
be designed to
The single market is designed to eliminate barriers to free movement.
help (to)
be designed to
The single market is designed to eliminate barriers to free movement.
be impossible to
Eliminate is used with these nouns as the object:
ambiguity, backlog, barrier, bias, bureaucracy, chance, clutter, competition, confusion, corruption, debt, deficit, delay, discrimination, disparity, distraction, duplication, effect, emission, enemy, error, exemption, fat, gap, guesswork, hassle, hazard, incentive, inefficiency, influence, interference, job, middleman, mistake, need, odour, penalty, pollution, possibility, poverty, practice, prejudice, problem, reliance, requirement, restriction, risk, rival, subsidy, suffering, tariff, tax, taxation, threat, uncertainty, vestige, waste
ambiguity, backlog, barrier, bias, bureaucracy, chance, clutter, competition, confusion, corruption, debt, deficit, delay, discrimination, disparity, distraction, duplication, effect, emission, enemy, error, exemption, fat, gap, guesswork, hassle, hazard, incentive, inefficiency, influence, interference, job, middleman, mistake, need, odour, penalty, pollution, possibility, poverty, practice, prejudice, problem, reliance, requirement, restriction, risk, rival, subsidy, suffering, tariff, tax, taxation, threat, uncertainty, vestige, waste