"Why me?" "Because, by process of elimination, there was no other choice."
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Elimination
//ɪlɪmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n//
Synonyms for "elimination" (132 found)
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Noun(4 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 20 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- حذف noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отстраняване noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
- съкращаване noun (act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation)
Czech
2 entries- eliminace noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
- odstranění noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
Finnish
1 entries- eliminointi noun (act of recording amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of intercompany transactions)
French
1 entries- élimination noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
Galician
3 entries- eliminación noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
- eliminación noun (act of discharging or excreting waste products)
- eliminación noun (act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation)
Georgian
2 entries- აღმოფხვრა noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
- ელიმინაცია noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
German
3 entries- Elimination noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
- Elimination noun (act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation)
- Elimination noun (act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction)
Greek
4 entries- απαλοιφή noun (act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation)
- αποβολή noun (act of discharging or excreting waste products)
- εξάλειψη noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
- εξοβελισμός noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
Hindi
1 entries- उन्मूलन noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
Hungarian
4 entries- kiiktatás noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
- kiküszöbölés noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
- kiürítés noun (act of discharging or excreting waste products)
- kiürülés noun (act of discharging or excreting waste products)
Italian
2 entries- eliminazione noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
- eliminazione noun (act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation)
Latin
1 entries- eliminatio noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
Māori
1 entries- whakamōtītanga noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- افنا noun (act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation)
Polish
1 entries- eliminacja noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
Romanian
3 entries- eliminare noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
- eliminare noun (act of discharging or excreting waste products)
- eliminare noun (act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation)
Russian
1 entries- элиминация noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
Spanish
1 entries- eliminación noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
Tajik
1 entries- ҳазф noun (act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
You need to start an elimination diet.
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Tom started an elimination diet to identify the cause of his fatigue.
Source: tatoeba (6915441)
You cannot create a settler state without the elimination of the natives.
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