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

Matched Categories

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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How to use elimination in a sentence?

1. Ben Bishop:

   When you lose Game 5 and are one game from elimination, you're not in the best mood. When you come back, you're on a high. You definitely have to learn to control that, when you're down, it's not over. When you're up, it's not over either. You can take a lot from that.

2. James Chao:

   The last thing the Chinese automotive world needs is another brand, the elimination of more brands in China should be the route.

3. Toumba Mohamed:

   Our objective is the conquest of territory and the elimination of targets, so it's good to grind down the enemy in front of us.

4. Victoria Elena Vasquez:

   The term is called counter elimination, the way you can picture it is if you were on a boat and you looked down and you saw a silhouette of something. You didn’t know what it was but you saw a shadow in the water. The idea here is that these sharks are trying to glow just enough to eliminate that shadow.

5. 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.