Which definition best captures the verb eliminate?

• A. To survive financially
• B. To get rid of
• C. To begin a project
• D. To confuse someone

Answer: (B)

Eliminate means to remove something completely or to rule it out as no longer part of a set, plan, or situation. It conveys making something disappear or no longer present, usually because it’s unwanted or unnecessary. You can say a company eliminated waste from its production, or a study eliminated unreliable data points, or a competition eliminated a contestant. This sense lines up with the idea of “to get rid of.”

The other options don’t fit because they refer to different actions: surviving financially means prospering or managing financially, starting a project means beginning it, and confusing someone means perplexing or misleading them.