Another word for eliminate. verb. To get rid of, especially by banishment or execution: eradicate, liquidate, purge, remove, wipe out. Idioms: do away with, put an end to. See help, keep. To keep from being admitted, included, or considered: bar, count out, debar, except, exclude, keep out, rule out, shut out.
Best Answer: Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book by American writer Maurice Sendak, originally published by Harper & Row. Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_W...
Sendak won the annual Caldecott Medal from the children's librarians in 1964, recognizing Wild Things as the previous year's most distinguished American picture book for children. It was voted the number one picture book in a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, not for the first time.