Elimination is the process of getting rid of waste products from your body by going to the bathroom.
[formal]
Breast-feeding is as natural as sex or elimination or any other bodily function.
2. eliminate [sense 1]
elimination in British English
(ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃən)
noun
1.
the act of eliminating or the state of being eliminated
2. logic
(qualified by the name of an operation) a syntactic rule specifying the conditions under which a formula or statement containing the specified operation may permit the derivation of others that do not contain it
conjunction-elimination
universal elimination
3. chemistry
a type of chemical reaction involving the loss of a simple molecule, such as water or carbon dioxide
Examples of 'elimination' in a sentence
elimination
Food allergies or sensitivities can be difficult to establish and often involve an elimination diet, to pinpoint the problem food.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If you stick to your elimination diet and don't begin to feel better, you should discuss your low libido with a doctor.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The widespread pain felt by any early elimination will be more difficult to hide.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Not that early elimination counts you out of this team.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
An early elimination here is a reflection largely of that stuttering background and poor planning.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This pattern is exploited in elimination diets.
Holford, Patrick The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
The most valid way of testing for an allergy is by means of an elimination diet.
Holford, Patrick The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
It also makes the construction of elimination diets quite simple.
Mumby, Keith The Allergy Handbook (1988)
She returned for the final race of the meeting to win the elimination race.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The disappointment is their early elimination.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Feel proud about your early elimination.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The team's early elimination brought more apologies.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
From then on, you can proceed as for those on elimination diets if you wish.
Mumby, Keith The Allergy Handbook (1988)
The Briton lapped the field in the elimination race to wrap up gold.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
One advantage is that chemicals can be tested for, whereas an elimination diet only sorts out foods.
MacIntyre, Anne M. E. Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome - How To Live With It (1989)
I was given yet another elimination diet.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
While on the elimination diet, try to avoid hanging on to a few favourite foods and eating only those.
Mumby, Keith The Allergy Handbook (1988)
The pulse test The purpose of all these elimination diets is to return the person to a point of no reactionand improved health.
Holford, Patrick The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
On recent evidence, though, it feels more conservative to predict another early elimination or two.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He wanted to'take responsibility' for early elimination.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Try the simple elimination diet at a time when the pollen count 56 The allergy handbook is high.
Mumby, Keith The Allergy Handbook (1988)
The best - also the cheapest - way to test for foods that cause problems is by an elimination diet.
MacIntyre, Anne M. E. Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome - How To Live With It (1989)
Until then, both the hosts and their next-door neighbours looked to be leaving the party early with elimination in the group stages.
The Sun (2012)
A better ride in the elimination race, in which he came fifth, leaves him lying in fourth place.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Synonyms of 'elimination'
removal, end, withdrawal, taking away
More Synonyms of elimination
(noun)
the prohibition and elimination of chemical weapons
Synonyms
removal
the removal of limits on foreign ownership
end
withdrawal
the withdrawal of foreign aid
taking away
disposal
the disposal of radioactive waste
abolition
the abolition of slavery
purging
termination
eradication
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