eliminate vs leave alone

eliminate

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

  • To kill (a person or animal). 

  • 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. 

  • To excrete (waste products). 

leave alone

verb
  • To desist or refrain from involvement with. 

  • To stop bothering (a person). 

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