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eliminatory

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e⋅lim⋅i⋅na⋅tor

  [i-lim-uh-ney-ter]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that eliminates.
2. 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.
Origin:
1880–85; eliminate + -or 2

Related forms:
e⋅lim⋅i⋅na⋅to⋅ry  [i-lim-uh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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e·lim·i·nate   (ĭ-lĭm'ə-nāt')   
tr.v.   e·lim·i·nat·ed, e·lim·i·nat·ing, e·lim·i·nates

  1. To get rid of; remove: an effort to eliminate homelessness; eliminated his enemies.

    1. To leave out or omit from consideration; reject.

    2. To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.

  3. Mathematics To remove (an unknown quantity) by combining equations.

  4. Physiology To excrete (bodily wastes).


[Latin ēlīmināre, ēlīmināt-, to banish : ē-, ex-, ex- + līmen, līmin-, threshold.]
e·lim'i·na'tion n., e·lim'i·na'tive, e·lim'i·na·to'ry (-nə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj., e·lim'i·na'tor n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to wipe out someone or something, especially by using drastic methods such as banishment or execution: eliminated all opposition; eradicate guerrilla activity; liquidating traitors; purged the army of dissidents.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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