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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On social media, there was a similar feeling - perhaps a final eliminator would have been a more natural way to earn his shot.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Davina Perrin, who scored a century aged 18 in last year's eliminator, has set her reserve price at £37,500.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
On Saturday, live on BBC Two, she faces Ellie Bouttell in a WBC title eliminator.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
St Helens complete a brilliant 16-pass move after the hooter sounds to beat Leeds 16-14 in their play-off eliminator.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025
"From Huxley's 'Lay Sermons' of 1870," says the Christian Work, "to the latest fulmination of Professor Haeckel, we have been hearing that Science was the true Messiah, the eliminator of all evil."
From Teaching the Child Patriotism by Kate Upson Clarke
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