ETYM Cf. French élimination.
1. The act of removing or getting rid of something; SYN. riddance.
2. The act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations.
3. The bodily process of discharging waste matter; SYN. evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding.
4. Analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic elimination of unacceptable alternatives; SYN. reasoning by elimination.
5. The murder of a competitor; SYN. liquidation.