eliminatory
əˌneɪ noun
1.
a person or thing that eliminates.
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eliminate (ɪˈlɪmɪˌneɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to remove or take out; get rid of |
| 2. | to reject as trivial or irrelevant; omit from consideration |
| 3. | to remove (a competitor, team, etc) from a contest, usually by defeat |
| 4. | slang to murder in a cold-blooded manner |
| 5. | physiol to expel (waste matter) from the body |
| 6. | maths to remove (an unknown variable) from two or more simultaneous equations |
| [C16: from Latin ēlīmināre to turn out of the house, from e- out + līmen threshold] | |
| usage Eliminate is sometimes wrongly used to talk about avoiding the repetition of something undesirable: we must prevent (not eliminate) further mistakes of this kind | |
| e'liminable | |
| —adj | |
| elimina'bility | |
| —n | |
| e'liminant | |
| —n | |
| e'liminative | |
| —adj | |
| e'liminatory | |
| —adj | |
| e'liminator | |
| —n | |
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| eliminate (ɪˈlɪmɪˌneɪt) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to remove or take out; get rid of |
| 2. | to reject as trivial or irrelevant; omit from consideration |
| 3. | to remove (a competitor, team, etc) from a contest, usually by defeat |
| 4. | slang to murder in a cold-blooded manner |
| 5. | physiol to expel (waste matter) from the body |
| 6. | maths to remove (an unknown variable) from two or more simultaneous equations |
| [C16: from Latin ēlīmināre to turn out of the house, from e- out + līmen threshold] | |
| usage Eliminate is sometimes wrongly used to talk about avoiding the repetition of something undesirable: we must prevent (not eliminate) further mistakes of this kind | |
| e'liminable | |
| —adj | |
| elimina'bility | |
| —n | |
| e'liminant | |
| —n | |
| e'liminative | |
| —adj | |
| e'liminatory | |
| —adj | |
| e'liminator | |
| —n | |
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