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Elimination

The act of expelling or throwing off

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Broader term 9

Analysis 76% connected

A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the compo…

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Discharge 76% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Emission 76% connected

The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission…

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Execution 76% connected

The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.

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Expelling 76% connected

of Expel

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Murder 76% connected

The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide.

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Remotion 76% connected

The act of removing; removal.

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Removal 76% connected

The act of removing, or the state of being removed.

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Slaying 76% connected

of Slay

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Narrower term 7

Defecation 76% connected

The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification.

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Incontinence 76% connected

Alt. of Incontinency

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Incontinency 76% connected

Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain th…

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Laxation 76% connected

The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened.

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Micturition 76% connected

The act of voiding urine; also, a morbidly frequent passing of the urine, in consequence of disease.

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Simplification 76% connected

The act of simplifying.

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Urination 76% connected

The act or process of voiding urine; micturition.

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Egest 74% connected

To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin,…

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Egest 74% connected

To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin,…

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Eliminate 74% connected

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

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Eliminate 74% connected

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

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Synonym 6

Evacuation 92% connected

The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.

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Excreting 92% connected

of Excrete

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Excretion 92% connected

The act of excreting.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Liquidation 92% connected

The act or process of liquidating; the state of being liquidated.

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Riddance 92% connected

The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out.

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Voiding 92% connected

of Void

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