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. 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. Dawn Aponte:

   We also issued a memo that covered post-elimination protocols, they apply for seven days following (a teams) elimination, and include daily testing and other protocols that will remain in place. Following those seven days, the testing would be handed over to the club for how they would like to conduct that.

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. John Bolton:

   If they have the strategic decision already made to do that and they are cooperative, we can move very quickly, and it is to North Korea's advantage to dismantle very quickly. Then the elimination of sanctions, aid by South Korea and Japan and others can all begin to flower.

5. 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.