"eliminator" meaning in English

See eliminator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: eliminators [plural]
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  1. One who, or that which, eliminates. Derived forms: battery eliminator, wolf eliminator Translations (one who, or that which, eliminates): éliminateur [masculine] (French), éliminatrice [feminine] (French), eliminador [masculine] (Spanish), eliminadora [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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