Expunge, get rid of (9)
I believe the answer is:
eliminate
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">This clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">expunge</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">get rid of</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(to eliminate something is to get rid of it)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for eliminate that I've seen before include "Discard - exclude" , "Take out" , "Reject" , "waste" , "Completely remove, get rid of" .)