'Elimination' definitions:
Definition of 'elimination'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of removing or getting rid of something [syn: elimination, riddance]
noun
The bodily process of discharging waste matter [syn: elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding]
noun
Analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives [syn: elimination, reasoning by elimination]
noun
The act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations
noun
The murder of a competitor [syn: elimination, liquidation]
Definition of 'Elimination'
From: GCIDE
- Elimination \E*lim`i*na"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]limination.]
- 1. The act of expelling or throwing off; (Physiol.) the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Alg.) Act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. [See Eliminate, 4.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elimination'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abolishment,
- abolition,
- abscission,
- amputation,
- annihilation,
- annulment,
- assassination,
- bloody murder,
- bumping-off,
- castaway,
- castoff,
- choking,
- choking off,
- cleaning out,
- clearance,
- clearing,
- deep six,
- defecation,
- depletion,
- deportation,
- deracination,
- destruction,
- detachment,
- discard,
- discarding,
- discharge,
- discharging cargo,
- disjunction,
- disposal,
- disposition,
- drainage,
- draining,
- dumping,
- effusion,
- egestion,
- egress,
- ejaculation,
- ejection,
- emission,
- emptying,
- eradication,
- evacuation,
- excision,
- exclusion,
- excretion,
- exhausting,
- exhaustion,
- exile,
- expatriation,
- expulsion,
- extermination,
- extinction,
- extinguishment,
- extirpation,
- extravasation,
- extrusion,
- exudation,
- flow,
- flux,
- foul play,
- homicide,
- jettison,
- junking,
- liquidation,
- manslaughter,
- murder,
- mutilation,
- negation,
- nullification,
- off-loading,
- ostracism,
- outlawing,
- outlawry,
- purge,
- purging,
- refuse,
- reject,
- rejectamenta,
- rejection,
- removal,
- rescission,
- riddance,
- rooting out,
- scrapping,
- secretion,
- severance,
- silencing,
- snuffing out,
- stifling,
- strangulation,
- suffocation,
- suppression,
- suspension,
- throwaway,
- thuggee,
- thuggery,
- thuggism,
- transudation,
- unloading,
- uprooting,
- venting,
- voidance,
- voiding,
- withdrawal