- elimination, riddance - the act of removing or getting rid of something
--1 is a kind of removal, remotion
--1 has particulars: simplificationDerived form: verb eliminate1 - 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 - 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
- elimination - the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations
--4 is a kind of removal, remotion
Derived form: verb eliminate7 - elimination, liquidation - the murder of a competitor
--5 is a kind of murder, slaying, execution
Derived form: verb eliminate1