Noun elimination has 5 senses
  1. elimination, riddance - the act of removing or getting rid of something
    --1 is a kind of removal, remotion
    --1 has particulars: simplification
    Derived form: verb eliminate1
  2. elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding - the bodily process of discharging waste matter
    --2 is a kind of discharge, emission, expelling
    --2 has particulars:
     defecation, laxation, shitting; incontinence, incontinency; micturition, urination
    Derived form: verb eliminate5
  3. elimination, reasoning by elimination - analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic elimination of unacceptable alternatives
    --3 is a kind of analysis, analytic thinking
  4. elimination - the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations
    --4 is a kind of
    removal, remotion
    Derived form: verb eliminate7
  5. elimination, liquidation - the murder of a competitor
    --5 is a kind of murder, slaying, execution
    Derived form: verb eliminate1
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