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eliminator

[ ih-lim-uh-ney-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that eliminates.
Also called battery eliminator. a device that operates from a power line to supply current and voltage to a circuit designed to be operated by a battery.

First recorded in 1880–85; eliminate + -or ²

But the blood is now known to be but a food and oxygen carrier, and an eliminator of used-up products.

We are, therefore, entitled to say that no other eliminator of uric acid can be compared with it.

"That is called hypo-eliminator," said Trent as Mr. Cupples uncorked and smelled at one of the bottles.

The most powerful aid to the human system, and the most perfect eliminator known to man is heat.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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