total elimination

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalandelimination

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/
us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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elimination
noun[U]
uk
/iˌlɪm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
us
/iˌlɪm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
the process of ...
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(Definition oftotalandeliminationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftotal elimination

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Note that we do not expect atotaleliminationof the national parliamentary agenda.
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In no case is there any suggestion of thetotaleliminationof the pepsin.
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Totaleliminationof the door-to-needle delay due to telemedicine strategy is necessary if the strategy should be cost-effective-and this elimination will call for structural changes.
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None of the surface-sterilizing agents used achievedtotaleliminationof bacterial contaminants.
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This could result in eithertotaleliminationof accumulators or the replacement of one accumulator by another (hopefully cheaper one).
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Eradication, meaningtotalelimination, was preferred by some administrators.
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None of the treatments achievedtotaleliminationof contaminants.
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Thetotaleliminationof radioactivity in discharges from nuclear plants is impossible.
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Bankruptcies and liquidations seldom mean thetotaleliminationof a business, but they do mean a financial reconstruction.
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There is thetotaleliminationof the interest of the employer and his insurance company from the whole business.
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It is that one day there may be atotaleliminationof what we now regard as prison.
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Real progress can and will be made only provided there is no politically unrealistic target oftotalelimination.
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In addition to accelerated equalisation of tax rates, exports of whisky and brandy will also benefit from thetotaleliminationof import tariffs by 2002.
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Our eventual goal should be thetotaleliminationof animals in scientific experimentation.
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It followed the conferences of 1910, 1917, and 1948 in recommending the radical modification, or thetotalelimination, of the hereditary principle.
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Thetotaleliminationof monetary compensatory amounts would cost about 45 million ecu, or about £35 million, in a full year.
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There is therefore at present no commitment to negotiate thetotaleliminationof export subsidies during this round.
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At any level of growth, a balanced budget means thetotaleliminationof debt in the future.
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In recent days we have heard that its reduction, and possibly itstotalelimination, is to take place in a matter of months.
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The working of overtime is reduced to a minimum, but the unequal incidence of the work prevents itstotalelimination.
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