elimination synonyms

elimination

n.

  1. The act of removing

    dismissal, expulsion, exclusion; see removal 1.

  2. The act of declining to consider

    rejection, repudiation, denial, disqualification, exclusion, debarment, avoidance, rejecting, eliminating, weeding out, winnowing out.

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