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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. Dai Zhihao:

    Although new production capacity construction has been restricted well, the elimination of existing capacity has been held back for a variety of reasons and it is hard to be optimistic.

  2. Thure Cerling:

    There is an urgent need for monitoring and sampling strategies that enable continued, actual progress to be made toward the elimination of diseases associated with coal mine dust exposure.

  3. European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom:

    We are basically tearing down all customs duties immediately on some cheeses like Gouda and cheddar and on wine and there will also be elimination of tariffs for other things that have been very expensive to buy from Japan but also very expensive to export to Japan, shoes, clothes, leather, wood products, etc.

  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. Kevin Pollock:

    It is associated with near elimination of both low and high-grade cervical disease in young Scottish women eight years after the vaccine program started, the figures are impressive and show a reduction of up to 90 percent of cervical disease abnormalities - pre-cancerous cells.


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