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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. George Carlin:

    Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

  2. Johnnie Moore:

    I think Christians in Iraq and Syria are feeling a lot like the Jews felt before the Nazi Holocaust, and now is the time to get them out, because the fact is if we don't get them out they could see the total elimination of their faith and culture.

  3. Paul Ryan:

    If a summit is to be reconstituted, the US must show strength [and] achieve a concrete, verifiable, enduring elimination of Kim Jong-Un’s nuclear capabilities.

  4. 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.

  5. Fox Nation host Tammy Bruce:

    There has to bean emotional movement of recognizing Wait, this can occur and thats when leadership changes, if leadership is a terrorist framework, then, of course, theyre going to resist because they want the elimination of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.


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