Synonyms:
elimination, riddance
Meaning: the act of removing or getting rid of something
Usage examples
Where he liked, he liked to excess; where he disliked, he disliked to the elimination of all good qualities.
Hence the elimination of the worthless "gangue" by concentration of the iron particles associated with it, seemed to be the only solution of the problem.
The dream, as a reaction to the psychic stimulus, must have the value of a release of this stimulus which results in its elimination and in the continuation of sleep.
“And I suppose, after the unsuccessful efforts of Mr. Pickering’s allies to assassinate me, as a mild form of elimination, one would naturally expect me to sit calmly down and wait to be shot in the back.