1. (

• elimination ,
• riddance ,

) the act of removing or getting rid of something ;

2. (

• elimination ,
• evacuation ,
• excretion ,
• excreting ,
• voiding

) the bodily process of discharging waste matter ;

3. (

• elimination ,
• reasoning_by_elimination

) analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives ;

4. (

• elimination ,

) the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations ;

5. (

• elimination ,
• liquidation ,

) the murder of a competitor ;