approve vs eliminate

approve

verb
  • To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor. 

  • To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory. 

  • To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept. 

  • To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of. 

eliminate

verb
  • To excrete (waste products). 

  • To kill (a person or animal). 

  • To exclude (from investigation or from further competition). 

  • To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to. 

  • To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions. 

How often have the words approve and eliminate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )