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Synonyms for elimination
ɪˌlɪm əˈneɪ ʃənelim·i·na·tion

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  1. elimination, riddancenoun

    the act of removing or getting rid of something

    Synonyms:
    reasoning by elimination, excretion, ejection, riddance, excreting, expulsion, liquidation, voiding, exclusion, evacuation

  2. elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voidingnoun

    the bodily process of discharging waste matter

    Synonyms:
    reasoning by elimination, voidance, excretion, body waste, riddance, excreting, emptying, excrement, excretory product, liquidation, voiding, excreta, evacuation

  3. elimination, reasoning by eliminationnoun

    analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives

    Synonyms:
    reasoning by elimination, excretion, riddance, excreting, liquidation, voiding, evacuation

  4. eliminationnoun

    the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations

    Synonyms:
    voiding, evacuation, reasoning by elimination, excretion, riddance, liquidation, excreting

  5. elimination, liquidationnoun

    the murder of a competitor

    Synonyms:
    reasoning by elimination, excretion, riddance, excreting, settlement, extermination, liquidation, voiding, evacuation

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. eliminationnoun

    Synonyms:
    exclusion, expulsion, rejection

  2. eliminationnoun

    Synonyms:
    separation, disengagement

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How to use elimination in a sentence?

  1. Patricia Moser:

    We support the bold push towards elimination as it has become clear that containment of artemisinin resistance is a risky strategy - the region must push for elimination while these key drugs (artemisinin combination therapies) remain effective.

  2. André Breton:

    To reduce the imagination to a state of slavery --even though it would mean the elimination of what is commonly called happiness --is to betray all sense of absolute justice within oneself. Imagination alone offers me some intimation of what can be.

  3. George Carlin:

    Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

  4. Lin Yutang:

    Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undoneThe wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.

  5. Vanna Bonta:

    How do we define consciousness, or what has been called the human soul or the spirit, if it can't be quantified as matter or a particle? ... it can be quantified or observed just by a process of elimination.


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