elimination
noun
1 elimination
The act of removing or getting rid of something.
synonym: riddance.
Roget 42: simpleness etc. adj.; purity, homogeneity. elimination; sifting etc. v.; purification etc. (cleanness) 652.
Roget 55: exclusion, nonadmission, omission, exception, rejection, repudiation; exile etc. (seclusion) 893; noninclusion†, preclusion, prohibition. separation, ... show more
Roget 103: fewness etc. adj.; paucity, small number; small quantity etc. 32; rarity; infrequency etc. 137; handful, maniple; ... show more
Roget 301: extraction; extracting etc. v.; removal, elimination, extrication, eradication, evolution. evulsion†, avulsion†; wrench; expression, ... show more
Dutch: zuivering, zuiveringsactie
2 elimination
The bodily process of discharging waste matter.
synonyms: evacuation, excreting, excretion, voiding.
Polish: wydalanie, ekskrecja
3 elimination
Analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives.
synonym: reasoning by elimination.
4 elimination
The act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations.
Polish: eliminacja
5 elimination
The murder of a competitor.
synonym: liquidation.
Moby thesaurus: abolishment, abolition, abscission, amputation, annihilation, annulment, assassination, bloody murder, bumping-off, castaway, castoff, choking, choking off, cleaning out, clearance, clearing, deep six, defecation, depletion, deportation ... show more.
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