virtual elimination
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvirtualandelimination
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virtual
adjective
uk/ˈvɜː.tʃu.əl/us/ˈvɝː.tʃu.əl/
almost a particular thing ...
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elimination
noun[U]
uk/iˌlɪm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us/iˌlɪm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
the process of ...
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(Definition ofvirtualandeliminationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This led to a sharp pruning, if notvirtualeliminationof melismata.
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In the past few years, attendances at league games have risen, with thevirtualeliminationof hooliganism coupled with a declining arrest rate.
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The result on the other side of the account will be thevirtualeliminationof five non-county boroughs and eight urban district councils.
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Thevirtualeliminationof tuberculosis required the combination of preventive inoculation, public health measures and drug treatment.
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For some of us that means a union with a unitary state, and thevirtualeliminationof the national option in the end.
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It is interesting to note the way in which the herring stocks and the annual catch went in the year before itsvirtualelimination.
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We therefore see the heavy reduction, tovirtualelimination, of this, massive figure.
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It is most regrettable that the consequences of the existing system of allocating routes, fixing fares, pooling revenue and so on has resulted in thevirtualeliminationof competition.
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Over 1,100 acres of derelict land have been cleared and there is the prospect of thevirtualelimination of dereliction from the valleys by the end of the century.
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However, the resulting increase in nitrogen oxide has to be dealt with by catalysts and thevirtualelimination of sulphur renders the catalysts effective in dealing with these.
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It was their full intention that this should be the first move towards thevirtualeliminationof such payments which it was generally recognised had little—if any—economic justification.
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New plant standards will be achieved progressively by 1998, resulting in thevirtualeliminationof benzene releases.
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Here, he does not demean the working class in general, but aims for thevirtualeliminationof the few lowest and most degenerate types.
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By his devotion to duty he attained thevirtualeliminationof two communist party branches in a difficult area.
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An energy benefit of such localized energy harvesting is thevirtualeliminationof electrical transmission and electricity distribution losses.
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The loss of parts of its range, including itsvirtualeliminationfrom its historic northern areas and the increasing fragmentation of the remaining range, have contributed to this status.
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