elimination

e·lim·i·nate  (-lm-nt)

tr.v. e·lim·i·nat·ed, e·lim·i·nat·ing, e·lim·i·nates

1. To get rid of; remove: an effort to eliminate homelessness; eliminated his enemies.

2.

a. To leave out or omit from consideration; reject.

b. To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.

3. Mathematics To remove (an unknown quantity) by combining equations.

4. Physiology To excrete (bodily wastes).

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[Latin lminre, lmint-, to banish : -, ex-, ex- + lmen, lmin-, threshold.]

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e·limi·nation n.

e·limi·native, e·limi·na·tory (-n-tôr, -tr) adj.

e·limi·nator n.

Synonyms: eliminate, eradicate, liquidate, purge
These verbs mean to wipe out someone or something, especially by using drastic methods such as banishment or execution: eliminated all opposition; eradicate guerrilla activity; liquidating traitors; purged the army of dissidents.

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elimination [ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃən]

n

1. the act of eliminating or the state of being eliminated

2. (Philosophy / Logic) Logic (qualified by the name of an operation) a syntactic rule specifying the conditions under which a formula or statement containing the specified operation may permit the derivation of others that do not contain it conjunction-elimination universal elimination

3. (Chemistry) Chem a type of chemical reaction involving the loss of a simple molecule, such as water or carbon dioxide

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	elimination - the act of removing or getting rid of something riddance remotion, removal - the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy" simplification - elimination of superfluous details
	2.	elimination - the bodily process of discharging waste matter excreting, excretion, voiding, evacuation defecation, laxation, shitting - the elimination of fecal waste through the anus expelling, discharge, emission - any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus" incontinence, incontinency - involuntary urination or defecation micturition, urination - the discharge of urine
	3.	elimination - analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives reasoning by elimination analytic thinking, analysis - the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
	4.	elimination - the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations remotion, removal - the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy"
	5.	elimination - the murder of a competitor liquidation murder, slaying, execution - unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

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elimination

noun removal, end, withdrawal, taking away, disposal, abolition, purging, termination, eradication, banishment the prohibition and elimination of chemical weapons

Translations

elimination [ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃən]

A. N (= suppression) → supresión f, eliminación f; (= being eliminated) → eliminación f
by process of elimination → por eliminación

B. CPD elimination round N → eliminatoria f

elimination [ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃ^ən] n

(= eradication) [poverty, discrimination, toxins, nuclear weapons] → élimination f
elimination of sth from sth → élimination de qch de qch
the total elimination of sth from sth → l'éradication f de qch dans qch

[candidate, team] → élimination f
elimination of sb from sth [+ competition] → élimination f de qn de qch

[possibility] → élimination f
by a process of elimination → par élimination

elimination

n

(= removal) → Ausschluss m, → Ausscheidung f; (of competitor) → Ausschaltung f; (of inflation, poverty, waste) → Beendung f; (of danger, problem) → Beseitigung f; (Physiol) → Ausscheidung f, → Elimination f (spec); (Math) → Elimination f; by (a) process of elimination → durch negative Auslese; our elimination by the German team → die Ausschaltung unserer Mannschaft durch die deutsche

(= killing: of enemy) → Ausschaltung f, → Eliminierung f

elimination [ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃ/ən] n → eliminazione f
by process of elimination → per eliminazione

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elimination [ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃ/ən] n → eliminazione f
by process of elimination → per eliminazione