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Elisions Crossword Clue

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97%8Exact Match!
noun

• a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

• (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

90%9 Omissions
noun

• any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases

• (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome

• the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage

• the act of deleting something written or printed

90%12 Process of removing something
noun

• the act of removing or getting rid of something

• the bodily process of discharging waste matter

• analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives

• the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations

• the murder of a competitor

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New York Times11 Aug 1985 Down 4
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