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• n  the act of removing or getting rid of something
• n  the bodily process of discharging waste matter
• n  analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives
• n  the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations
• n  the murder of a competitor

• In a single-elimination battle royale to decide Asia's most killer pop icon, the sequins will fly and the mousse will flow.
• Obama Voted Against Permanently Eliminating Illinois' Gas Tax, Saying That The Temporary Elimination Of The Tax Had Not Been Passed Onto The Consumer.
• Since Colombia's elimination two weeks ago, the team had received several anonymous threats.

• riddance
• evacuation
• excretion
• excreting
• voiding
• reasoning by elimination
• liquidation

News & Articles

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• LSU faces North Carolina in College World Series elimination game Tuesday
  LSU (57-10) seeks to keep its national title hopes alive at 2 p.m. CT Tuesday when the Tigers face North Carolina (57-11) in a College World Series elimination game at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb.
  June 17, 2013 - KSLA-TV Shreveport
• Will LeBron James Be A Hero Or A Choker With Miami Heat Facing Elimination?
  LeBron James can still be a hero. Inconsistencies have plagued him throughout the NBA Finals, leaving the Miami Heat down 3-2 and at the mercy of the San Antonio Spurs . But it's not over. Facing elimination, the Heat can still win. LeBron can still be the savior he was supposed to be in Games 3 and 5, but wasn't. Two consecutive championships are not completely out of reach. One win, and the ...
  June 17, 2013 - Bleacher Report
• CALDER CUP FINALS: Syracuse Crunch stave off elimination
  Grand Rapids, MI >> The Syracuse Crunch held off elimination with a 3-2 victory over the Grand Rapids Griffins in Game 4 of the Calder Cup Finals Friday at Van Andel Arena.
  June 15, 2013 - The Oneida Daily Dispatch

Quotes

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• Coco Crisp in CNN
  It was pretty much the most amazing thing I've ever been a part of,Crisp said, "to be down 7-0 in an elimination game and be able to come back."
• Robert Gates in Los Angeles Times
  Asked if the military junta there is guilty of genocide, Gates said, "I tend to see genocide more as a purposeful elimination of people, this is more akin, in my view, to criminal neglect."