as in removal
the act or process of removing something or someone
the elimination of waste products from the body Repeatedly breaking the rules will result in your elimination from the game.
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Recent Examples of elimination
Entire teams disappear, and with every elimination, the process of creating art in the fashion and beauty spaces are changing.
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Donnetta Monk, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
Veteran DeWanna Bonner missed a 13-foot shot at the buzzer to seal the Mercury’s fate, leaving the team on the brink of elimination heading into Game 4 on Friday night.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Related Stories Pandora’s Box conceals the names of cursed contestants – marking them for elimination and setting the stakes for survival – as players battle to keep their names out of the Box.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
Heading into Wednesday's Game 3 elimination game, the Phillies' top of the order needs to get going.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
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Donnetta Monk, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
Veteran DeWanna Bonner missed a 13-foot shot at the buzzer to seal the Mercury’s fate, leaving the team on the brink of elimination heading into Game 4 on Friday night.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Related Stories Pandora’s Box conceals the names of cursed contestants – marking them for elimination and setting the stakes for survival – as players battle to keep their names out of the Box.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
Heading into Wednesday's Game 3 elimination game, the Phillies' top of the order needs to get going.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elimination
removal
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Meanwhile, aid agencies were urging the removal of all restrictions on aid to address the famine conditions that had been confirmed in Gaza City.—
Richard Hall,
Time,
12 Oct. 2025
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The complaint asked the judge to order officials to reinstate the removed books and to bar Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and DoDEA Director Beth Schiavino-Narvaez from ordering further removals from school libraries and curriculum.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Elimination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elimination. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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