What are some alternative words for elimination?
Synonyms for elimination
ɪˌlɪm əˈneɪ ʃən
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Princeton's WordNet
elimination, riddance(noun)
the act of removing or getting rid of something
Synonyms:
reasoning by elimination, excretion, ejection, riddance, excreting, expulsion, liquidation, voiding, exclusion, evacuationelimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding(noun)
the bodily process of discharging waste matter
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reasoning by elimination, voidance, excretion, body waste, riddance, excreting, emptying, excrement, excretory product, liquidation, voiding, excreta, evacuationelimination, reasoning by elimination(noun)
analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives
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reasoning by elimination, excretion, riddance, excreting, liquidation, voiding, evacuationelimination(noun)
the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations
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voiding, evacuation, reasoning by elimination, excretion, riddance, liquidation, excretingelimination, liquidation(noun)
the murder of a competitor
Synonyms:
reasoning by elimination, excretion, riddance, excreting, settlement, extermination, liquidation, voiding, evacuation
Dictionary of English Synonymes
elimination(n.)
elimination(n.)
Synonyms:
separation, disengagement
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "elimination":
eradication, disposal, phase-out, eliminate, removal, eliminating, deletion, abolition, eradicate, removing, disposition, delete, remove, eradicating, suppression, erasure, abolishment, eliminated, disposing, phasing-out, deleting, dispel, discontinuation, dispose, clearance, lifting, write-off
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#1651 | remove | |
#2377 | delete | |
#2902 | removal | |
#3369 | clearance | |
#4075 | settlement | |
#5504 | disposal | |
#5808 | eliminate | |
#6451 | removing | |
#9214 | exclusion | |
#9224 | disposition | |
#9436 | elimination | |
#10292 | lifting | |
#10477 | eliminated | |
#11259 | eliminating | |
#11274 | deletion | |
#12612 | deleting | |
#12650 | suppression | |
#15714 | evacuation | |
#16141 | dispose | |
#17647 | liquidation | |
#23148 | eradication | |
#23638 | expulsion | |
#24460 | abolition | |
#28847 | eradicate | |
#31173 | excretion | |
#33290 | disposing | |
#33633 | erasure | |
#36522 | ejection | |
#36632 | emptying | |
#39177 | discontinuation | |
#40623 | dispel | |
#42514 | extermination | |
#49666 | riddance | |
#56907 | eradicating | |
#65092 | excrement | |
#73802 | voiding | |
#100350 | excreta | |
#107908 | abolishment | |
#228962 | excreting |
How to use elimination in a sentence?
Lin Yutang, O Magazine, October 2002:
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone…The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.
We do not know whether the report is referring only to the stage of the parasites which can cause disease or whether it is also referring to the stage which can be transmitted by mosquito bite, the data reported don't tell us directly what the impact on transmission, control or elimination might be. However it does remind us of this problem... and it highlights the need for more work on this problem.
Every single one of these companies knows where the consumer is going and where the world is going ... the elimination of the internal combustion engine.
This is actually not some dark room or off some dark deserted road, this is inside the Saudi consulate and 15 individuals coming over from Saudi Arabia for what at least appears to be one task only and that was the elimination of Mr. Khashoggi.
We must have consistent track and elimination capability against that threat, it's a must.
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