Verb

(eliminat)

To completely destroy (something) so that it no longer exists.

(slang) To kill (a person or animal).

(physiology) To excrete (waste products).

To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).

Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.

John was eliminated as a contestant when it was found he had gained, rather than lost, weight.

(accounting) To record amounts in a to remove the effects of inter-company transactions. FindMyBestCPA.com - Consolidated Statements (Interco eliminations)

Verb

(illuminat)

To shine light on something.

To decorate something with lights.

To clarify or make something understandable.

To decorate the page of a manuscript book with ornamental designs.

(figurative) To make spectacular.

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, year=2012 , date=June 2 , author= Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Belgium , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Hodgson's approach may not illuminate proceedings in Poland and Ukraine but early evidence suggests they will be tough to break down.}}

To glow; to light up.

* 1994 , Sylvia Carlson, ?Verne Carlson, Professional Cameraman's Handbook (ISBN 024080080X), page 494:

Red diode in button illuminates when camera runs at speed set in five-digit speed selector.

* 2011'/'''2012 , "Spectrum", written by Florence Welch and Paul Epworth, performed by (Florence and the Machine), released on the album ''Ceremonials (2011):

Say my name / and every color illuminates. / We are shining /

To be exposed to light.

(military) To direct a (radar) beam toward.