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Synonyms for elimination
ɪˌlɪm əˈneɪ ʃənelim·i·na·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
elimination, riddancenoun
the act of removing or getting rid of something
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reasoning by elimination, excretion, ejection, riddance, excreting, expulsion, liquidation, voiding, exclusion, evacuationelimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voidingnoun
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 eliminationnoun
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, evacuationeliminationnoun
the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations
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voiding, evacuation, reasoning by elimination, excretion, riddance, liquidation, excretingelimination, liquidationnoun
the murder of a competitor
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reasoning by elimination, excretion, riddance, excreting, settlement, extermination, liquidation, voiding, evacuation
Dictionary of English Synonymes
eliminationnoun
eliminationnoun
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
ranking | 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?
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.
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.
Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.
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.
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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