淘汰

The championship should be run on a knockout system.

If we lose another game, we'll be out.

The three seeded players were knocked out/eliminated in the first round of the competition.

Team A knocked Team B out of the World Cup.

This team was ousted from the event.

In a market economy, any product of inferior quality will be eliminated.

We've discarded that 21-inch TV set.

Watches like yours are already obsolete.

social selection

bottom elimination system; system of elimination through competition; elimination through the worst-selection; end-place wash-out system

eliminate candidates