单词 | eliminator |
释义 | eliminatorn. 1. A person who or thing which eliminates someone or something. Frequently as the second element of compounds. Now also euphemistic: a professional killer. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [noun] > clearing or sweeping away > riddance > one who eliminator1847 zapper1969 1847 Morning Post 15 Mar. 6/6 Every one who writes now-a-days must be..an eliminator of thought, a manufacturer of axioms, and a builder up of theories. 1883 Fortn. Rev. Feb. 197 The sarcastic..get rid of it [sc. malice] by its proper eliminator—the tongue. 1887 Photogr. Times 6 May 232/1 Hypo eliminators: do they eliminate? 1900 Gaillard's Med. Jrnl. Feb. 872 Those beneficent eliminators of the unfit, poverty, and starvation, and tuberculosis. 1906 Engineering 21 Dec. 834/2 In this combined grease-eliminator and make-up-water-softener there is, we understand, very little matter precipitated. 1936 Amer. Home Feb. 3/1 (advt.) A frame that's a bulwark of strength, and a new sway-eliminator, give all the luxurious riding smoothness you'd expect in this big car. 1953 J. D. Kingsley in D. Waldo Ideas & Issues in Public Admin. ix. 247 The civil service commission was first conceived as a sort of politics eliminator. 1989 Hydrocarbon Processing Nov. 148Y/1 (advt.) Crinkled wire mesh mist eliminators for separating liquids from either gases or vapours (entrainment separators). 2006 New Yorker 16 Oct. 118/2 Muhammed Oufkir..presided over a secret army of spies, torturers, and ‘eliminators’. 2. Sport. A game, match, etc., the loser of which is eliminated from the tournament or competition; (Boxing) a match in which the winner earns the opportunity to fight against the reigning champion for the title.Recorded earliest in the appositive compound eliminator race. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > types of all comersc1450 after-gamea1500 fore-game1594 revenge1616 plate1639 set-to1743 return match1753 bye1754 scrub-race1791 anybody's game (also race, match)1826 return1834 barney1843 bonspiel1858 handicap1861 pennant1865 home-and-home1868 benefit match1871 run-off1873 international1877 American tournament1878 Grand Prix1879 single1884 friendly1885 all-comers1889 pair1890 championship1893 round robin1894 replay1895 Olympiad1896 junior varsity1902 lightning tournament1903 rematch1903 road trip1903 pickup1905 freestyle1906 marathon1908 test1908 Derby1909 scrimmage1910 eliminator1911 twosome1911 triala1914 quadrangular1916 slug-fest1916 varsity match1921 needle contest1922 curtain jerker1923 needle match1923 open1926 needle fight1927 knock-out1928 shirt1930 masters1933 pro-amateur1934 tune-up1934 World Cup1934 pro-am1937 state1941 sizzler1942 runathon1943 mismatch1954 run-out1955 match-up1959 squeaker1961 triple-header1961 Super Bowl1967 invitational1968 needle game1970 major1976 slobberknocker1986 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > bout or contest > types of catchweight1723 prizefight1724 defence1855 preliminary1886 rounder1887 title fight1901 title bout1907 eliminator1911 weight1914 slug-fest1916 undercard1926 box-off1967 1911 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 25 Oct. 13/2 There will be a very popular item ‘The Eliminator Race’... As its name implies, the last man in each lap has to drop out, and the race is decided amongst the remainder. 1929 Times 16 Sept. 7/3 The City used their match as an eliminator for the final stage. 1936 Boxers' Bull. July i. 8/1 The German Championship distance is 12 rounds with five ounce gloves, and the same for eliminators. 1988 Sc. Curler Jan. 6/3 The stage was set for a sudden-death eliminator against Sweden. 2017 Daily Mirror (N. Ireland ed.) (Nexis) 15 June 12 The bout will be an eliminator for the WBC world featherweight title. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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