Elimination — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of removing or getting rid of something

the bodily process of discharging waste matter

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ᵻlˌɪmᵻnˈeɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/dɹˈaɡəŋkˌaɪnd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɹˈaɡəŋkˌaɪnd/

5 syllables Say it as /ᵻlˌɪmᵻnˈeɪʃən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

voiding excretion excreting reasoning by elimination liquidation riddance evacuation

Word Forms

eliminate	verb	terminate, end, or take out
rid	verb	relieve from
evacuate	verb	excrete or discharge from the body
excrete	verb	eliminate from the body
void	verb	excrete or discharge from the body
liquidate	verb	get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Beseitigung

der Akt, etwas zu entfernen oder loszuwerden

🇫🇷French

élimination

le fait de retirer ou de se débarrasser de quelque chose

🇪🇸Spanish

eliminación

el acto de quitar o deshacerse de algo

🇮🇹Italian

eliminazione

l'atto di rimuovere o eliminare qualcosa

🇳🇱Dutch

eliminatie

de handeling van het verwijderen of wegdoen van iets

🇵🇹Portuguese

eliminação

o ato de remover ou se livrar de algo

🇷🇺Russian

устранение

действие по удалению или избавлению от чего-либо

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उन्मूलन

किसी चीज़ को हटाने या छुटकारा पाने की क्रिया या भाव

🇧🇩Bengali

নির্মূল

কিছু অপসারণ বা পরিত্রাণ পাওয়ার কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

நீக்குதல்

எதையாவது அகற்றும் அல்லது அகற்றும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

నిర్మూలన

ఏదైనా తొలగించడం లేదా వదిలించుకోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

निर्मूलन

काहीतरी काढून टाकण्याची किंवा सुटका करण्याची कृती

🇮🇳Gujarati

નાબૂદી

કંઈક દૂર કરવાની અથવા છૂટકારો મેળવવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿವಾರಣೆ

ಏನನ್ನಾದರೂ ತೆಗೆದುಹಾಕುವ ಅಥವಾ ತೊಡೆದುಹಾಕುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഉന്മൂലനം

എന്തെങ്കിലും നീക്കം ചെയ്യുന്നതിനോ ഒഴിവാക്കുന്നതിനോ ഉള്ള പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਖਾਤਮਾ

ਕਿਸੇ ਚੀਜ਼ ਨੂੰ ਹਟਾਉਣ ਜਾਂ ਛੁਟਕਾਰਾ ਪਾਉਣ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

خاتمہ

کسی چیز کو ہٹانے یا چھٹکارا حاصل کرنے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

消除

移除或摆脱某物的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

除去

何かを取り除く、または取り除く行為

🇰🇷Korean

제거

무언가를 제거하거나 제거하는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự loại bỏ

hành động loại bỏ hoặc loại bỏ một cái gì đó

🇹🇭Thai

การกำจัด

การกระทำของการลบหรือกำจัดบางสิ่งบางอย่าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

eliminasi

tindakan menghapus atau menyingkirkan sesuatu

🇵🇭Filipino

pag-aalis

ang pagkilos ng pag-alis o pag-alis ng isang bagay

🇲🇾Malay

penyingkiran

perbuatan mengeluarkan atau menyingkirkan sesuatu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

القضاء

فعل إزالة أو التخلص من شيء ما

🇮🇷Persian

حذف

عمل حذف یا خلاص شدن از چیزی

🇹🇷Turkish

eliminasyon

bir şeyi kaldırma veya ondan kurtulma eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

חיסול

הפעולה של הסרה או סילוק של משהו

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