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. Robert Holcombe:

   If it's an original, it's certainly the Georgia, just by process of elimination.

2. 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.

3. Philip Alston:

   There have been a whole range of measures taken in relation to voting rights, all have been characterized by a number of observers. The facilitation of the elimination of large numbers of voters from rolls is shown to have very predictable outcomes, clearly in violation of international human rights law.

4. 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.

5. 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.