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单词 eliminator
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eliminatorn.

Brit. /ᵻˈlɪmᵻneɪtə/, U.S. /əˈlɪməˌneɪdər/, /iˈlɪməˌneɪdər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: eliminate v., -or suffix.
Etymology: < eliminate v. + -or suffix; compare -ator suffix.Compare post-classical Latin eliminator person who removes or drives out (13th cent. in a British source, 15th cent. in a continental source).
1. A person who or thing which eliminates someone or something. Frequently as the second element of compounds. Now also euphemistic: a professional killer.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [noun] > clearing or sweeping away > riddance > one who
eliminator1847
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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.
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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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