eliminator
[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.
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Nearby words
- elijah's cup,
- elikón,
- eliminate,
- elimination,
- elimination diet,
- eliminatory,
- elinor,
- elint,
- elinvar,
- elion
Origin of eliminator
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for 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 HaycraftWe are, therefore, entitled to say that no other eliminator of uric acid can be compared with it.