eliminator

[ih-lim-uh-ney-ter]

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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 of eliminator

First recorded in 1880–85; eliminate + -or²

Related formse·lim·i·na·to·ry

[ih-lim-uh-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ɪˈlɪm ə nəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjectivenon·e·lim·i·na·to·ry, adjectivepre·e·lim·i·na·tor, noun

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Historical Examples of eliminator

But the blood is now known to be but a food and oxygen carrier, and an eliminator of used-up products.
Darwinism and Race Progress
John Berry Haycraft
We are, therefore, entitled to say that no other eliminator of uric acid can be compared with it.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2
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