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eliminatory

[ih-lim-uh-ney-ter]

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.

Origin:
1880–85; eliminate + -or²

Related forms

e·lim·i·na·to·ry

[ih-lim-uh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective

non·e·lim·i·na·to·ry, adjective

pre·e·lim·i·na·tor, noun

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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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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