Synonyms of elimination

elimination

noun

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.

Related Words

• removal
• withdrawal
• suspension
• abolition
• eradication
• liquidation
• cancellation
• erasure
• abolishment
• dismissal
• avoidance
• abrogation
• nullification
• invalidation
• repeal
• annulment
• dissolution
• defeasance
• abortion
• voiding
• negation
• abatement
• veto
• banning
• revocation
• quashing
• overruling
• override
• recall
• rescindment
• reversal
• retraction
• prohibition
• calling off
• outlawing
• rejection
• overturn
• forbiddance
• enjoining
• countermand
• disallowance

Dissimilar Words

• legislation
• enactment
• establishment
• institution
• founding
• validation
• formalization
• approval
• legalization
• ratification
• passing
• legitimation
• clearance
• endorsement
• authorization
• legitimization
• permission
• prescription
• ordering
• sanctioning
• commandment
• mandating
• decreeing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of elimination

Eight teams – six group winners and two wildcards – will advance to the single-elimination knockout round. — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Most states did not yet require any of them for school entry; comprehensive school requirements came later, largely out of the measles elimination efforts of the 1960s and 1970s. — Jake Scott, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026

The rise of superintelligence—technology capable of surpassing human cognitive abilities—has fueled fears ranging from an elimination of human labor to more dystopian, Terminator-like visions of what happens when technology goes rogue. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Forty four-person teams competed in a double-elimination bocce tournament while spectators gathered to cheer them on, listen to live music and enjoy Italian fare from Common Plea Catering. — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026