Each time this game is played the competitors start with one life and are eliminated by getting a question wrong.

Each week a competitor is eliminated from the competition, until the final four competitors remain.

This behavior may be due to need for extra nutrients or simply to eliminate competitors.

On the following week, the competitor with the fewest votes is eliminated.

The game had only just begun, and one competitor had already been eliminated.

He endeared those who were close to the emperor, while finding ways to eliminate potential competitors for power.

Each week, live, the "nomination" unfolds, a process through which the competitors are gradually eliminated.

By the time the world table tennis championships ended here this afternoon, all the Korean competitors had been eliminated.

The banking companies making acquisitions hope to increase profits by eliminating competitors and cutting costs.

Only one competitor was eliminated after the second round, because he was not able to achieve all six hits.