· the act of removing or getting rid of something
Synonym(s): riddance
Hypernym(s): removal, remotion
· the bodily process of discharging waste matter
Synonym(s): evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding
Hypernym(s): discharge, emission, expelling
· analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives
Synonym(s): reasoning_by_elimination
Hypernym(s): analysis, analytic_thinking
· the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations
Hypernym(s): removal, remotion
· the murder of a competitor
Synonym(s): liquidation
Hypernym(s): murder, slaying, execution