eliminate
1 cut out, dispose of, do away with, eradicate, exterminate, get rid of, get shot of, remove, stamp out, take out, wipe from the face of the earth
2 axe (informal) dispense with, disregard, drop, eject, exclude, expel, ignore, knock out, leave out, omit, put out, reject, throw out
3 (slang) annihilate, blow away (slang, chiefly U.S.) bump off (slang) kill, liquidate, murder, rub out (U.S. slang) slay, take out (slang) terminate, waste (informal)