eliminator
Americannoun
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a person or thing that eliminates.
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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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Hennessy faces Ellie Bouttell in a WBC title eliminator on Saturday, live on BBC Two from 20:00 GMT.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
WBC 'interim' champion Agit Kabayel meets Damian Knyba on 10 January, while the IBF has ordered Richard Torrez Jr to face Frank Sanchez in a final eliminator.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025
In the women's match, Originals need a massive win to overhaul Spirit on net run-rate and keep their hopes of qualifying for the eliminator alive.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025
“It was an eliminator for the title, so I pushed myself,” said Curiel, a Tampico, Tamaulipas, native.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025
Before the industrial revolution the Nordic’s chief eliminator was war.
From The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by Stoddard, Lothrop
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