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

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1. • Analysis
   • Discharge
   • Murder
   • Removal

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1. eliminationnoun

   Synonyms:
   exclusion, expulsion, rejection

2. eliminationnoun

   Synonyms:
   separation, disengagement

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1. 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

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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.