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Synonyms for elimination


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-lim-uh-ney-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˌlɪm əˈneɪ ʃən

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Définition of elimination

Origin :
  • c.1600, "a casting out," noun of action from eliminate. Meaning "expulsion of waste matter" is from 1855.
  • noun removal
Example sentences :
  • Science has done wonders toward the elimination of such fears.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • You can devote yourself to the elimination of ugliness, to the increase of beauty.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • These decreases have come out of the elimination of speculation and profiteering.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • By such process of elimination he arrived at the final question: was it she?
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
  • Elimination, of dangers of surface pollution, 140;of mosquitoes, 381.
  • Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden
  • Such a goal can only be reached by resolute selection and elimination.
  • Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis
  • The price is usually the elimination of other things that interfere.'
  • Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett
  • It is this test of elimination that I shall ask you to apply to reading.
  • Extract from : « The Booklover and His Books » by Harry Lyman Koopman
  • By this process of elimination there remained the landlord and the deaf waiter.
  • Extract from : « The Shrieking Pit » by Arthur J. Rees
  • That's what they call 'the process of elimination,' isn't it?
  • Extract from : « Left End Edwards » by Ralph Henry Barbour

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