eliminación

Definitions of eliminación
  1. noun
    the murder of a competitor
    synonyms: liquidación
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    asesinato, crimen, homicida, homicidio, muerte, pesadilla
    unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
  2. noun
    the act of removing
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    obtención
    the act of withdrawing or removing something
    obtención
    the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force)
    autotomía
    spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack
    descontaminación
    the removal of contaminants
    supresión
    the act of deleting something written or printed
    denudación
    the removal of covering
    descargo, descargue, vaciado
    the act of removing the contents of something
    aclarado, enjuague
    the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing
    circuncisión
    the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males
    alcantarillado, avenamiento, desagüe, drenaje, saneamiento, sangría
    emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
    expurgación
    the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work
    censura
    deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
    borradura
    deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
    simplificación
    elimination of superfluous details
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    separación
    the act of dividing or disconnecting
  3. noun
    analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives
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    análisis
    the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
  4. noun
    the bodily process of discharging waste matter
    synonyms: excreción
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    incontinencia
    involuntary urination or defecation
    micción
    the discharge of urine
    evacuación
    a euphemism for defecation
    enuresis
    inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination
    meado, pipí
    informal terms for urination
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    emisión
    any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
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