noun the act of removing or getting rid of something.
— synonyms: riddance
noun the bodily process of discharging waste matter.
— synonyms: evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding
noun analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives.
— synonyms: reasoning_by_elimination
noun the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations.
noun the murder of a competitor.
— synonyms: liquidation