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eliminative
e·lim·i·nate E0088300 (ĭ-lĭm′ə-nāt′)tr.v. e·lim·i·nat·ed, e·lim·i·nat·ing, e·lim·i·nates 1. To get rid of; remove: an effort to eliminate homelessness; eliminated his enemies.2. a. To leave out or omit from consideration; reject: For now, let's eliminate from the discussion the possibility of failure.b. To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.3. Mathematics To remove (an unknown quantity) by combining equations.4. Physiology To excrete (bodily wastes).
[Latin ēlīmināre, ēlīmināt-, to banish : ē-, ex-, ex- + līmen, līmin-, threshold.]
e·lim′i·na′tion n.e·lim′i·na′tive, e·lim′i·na·to′ry (-nə-tôr′ē) adj.e·lim′i·na′tor n.Synonyms: eliminate, eradicate, extirpate
These verbs mean to nullify someone as a factor or cause an activity or condition to come to an end, especially by using drastic methods: eliminated all opposition; eradicate guerrilla activity; policies that attempt to extirpate drug abuse.ThesauruseliminativeadjectiveOf, relating to, or tending to eliminate:cathartic, eliminatory, evacuant, evacuative, excretory, purgative.IdiomsSeeeliminateeliminative
Related to eliminative: Eliminative materialismSynonyms for eliminativeadj of, relating to, or tending to eliminateSynonyms- cathartic
- eliminatory
- evacuant
- evacuative
- excretory
- purgative
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