n.
1.the act of removing or getting rid of something
2.the bodily process of discharging waste matter
3.analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic elimination of unacceptable alternatives
4.the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations
5.the murder of a competitor
Idiom of the Day
take one's own life
to kill oneself, to commit suicide
The young man took his own life several weeks ago.