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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How to use elimination in a sentence?

1. Howard Gleckman:

   It's a process of elimination, after everyone has rejected everything else, this is kind of what's left.

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. 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.

4. President Obama on Tuesday:

   Unions historically have been at the forefront of establishing things like the 40-hour work week, the weekend, elimination of child labor laws, establishing fair benefits and decent wages, and one of the freedoms of folks here in the United States is, is that if they choose to join a union, they should be able to do so. And we shouldn't be making it impossible for that to happen.

5. Nancy Northup:

   Not since before Roe v. Wade has a law or court decision had the potential to devastate access to reproductive health care on such a sweeping scale, once again, women across the state of Texas face the near total elimination of safe and legal options for ending a pregnancy and the denial of their constitutional rights.