| African National Congress |
South African political party founded in 1912, whose struggle to establish majority rule and eliminate apartheid led to the establishment in 1994 of South Africa's first multi-racial, democratically-elected government. |
| ANC |
abbreviation of "African National Congress," South African political party founded in 1912, whose struggle to establish majority rule and eliminate apartheid led to the establishment in 1994 of South Africa's first multi-racial, democratically-elected government. |
| antivirus |
any software program designed to identify, thwart, and eliminate computer viruses and other malicious software programs. [2 definitions] |
| burl |
in making cloth, to eliminate burls from. [1/3 definitions] |
| burn one's bridges |
to eliminate all possibilities of going back or of reconsidering something one has said or done. |
| cancel |
to do away with, nullify, or eliminate, as an appointment or reservation. [1/5 definitions] |
| Common Market |
an economic association of major western European countries mainly designed to eliminate tariffs on trade among member nations and establish uniform tariffs on goods from other countries; European Economic Community. [1/2 definitions] |
| cross |
to mark off or eliminate, as from a list (usu. fol. by "out" or "off"). [1/16 definitions] |
| debug |
(informal) to eliminate errors or malfunctioning parts in, esp. computer programs and computers or other complex electronic systems. [2/3 definitions] |
| declare war on |
to state an intention to eliminate. [1/2 definitions] |
| decontrol |
to eliminate control over (something), esp. government control; deregulate. [1/2 definitions] |
| decriminalize |
to make legal; eliminate criminal penalties for. |
| delete |
to remove or eliminate (written words, sentences, or the like) by crossing out, cutting out, or erasing. |
| deodorize |
to eliminate or conceal the odor of. |
| depopulate |
to eliminate or decrease vastly the number of people in (a place), as by eviction, disease, or slaughter. |
| desegregate |
to eliminate the segregation of races in. [2 definitions] |
| desiccate |
to eliminate the moisture in; dry up. [1/3 definitions] |
| detoxify |
to eliminate poison or the effects of poison from. [1/2 definitions] |
| dialysis |
the separation of substances in a solution by diffusion through a semipermeable membrane, used to eliminate impurities from the blood in patients with kidney failure. |
| dry out |
to eliminate the moisture inside (something). [2/3 definitions] |
| E.E.C. |
abbreviation of "European Economic Community," an economic association of major western European countries mainly designed to eliminate tariffs on trade among member nations and establish uniform tariffs on goods from other countries; Common Market. |