eliminative
- a word derived from eliminate.
Example Sentences
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At the other extreme are so-called eliminative materialists, who question whether anything is really conscious, including humans.
From Scientific American • Dec. 4, 2017
The U.S. was told what his wife read to him, what music he heard and how it was with his eliminative processes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The following liver-persuading knights-errant are prescribed and ordered by disciples of Hippocrates, Galen, Herodicus, and Iccus, to treat with that digestive and eliminative monarch, the Liver—usually at night-time, that the family may not be disturbed.
From Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis by Jamison, Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton)
Here Spencer recognised the eliminative and selective effect of struggle in mankind.
From Herbert Spencer by Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)
The eliminative processes of the healing crises are often accompanied by great mental depression and a feeling of strong revulsion to the natural regimen and everything connected with it.
From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry
