eliminate
verb (used with object)
to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable.
eliminative
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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
During a fast all of the eliminative functions of the body are exceedingly active.
From Vitality Supreme by Bernarr Macfadden
In such cases the suppressive treatment, by drugs or knife, is again applied instead of eliminative and curative measures.
From Nature Cure by Henry Lindlahr
They should never fast except in acute diseases and during eliminative healing crises, when Nature calls for the fast as a means of cure.
From Nature Cure by Henry Lindlahr
