eliminate vs take out

eliminate

verb
  • 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. 

  • To excrete (waste products). 

take out

verb
  • To kill or destroy. 

  • To escort someone on a date. 

  • To immobilize with force; to subdue; to incapacitate. 

  • To win a sporting event, competition, premiership, etc. 

  • To obtain by application by a legal or other official process. 

  • To remove. 

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