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eliminative

eliminative adjective: of, pertaining to, or producing elimination.

Adjective

eliminative (comparative more eliminative, superlative most eliminative)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or producing elimination
    • The eliminative power of the storm.

Forms of eliminative

comparativemore eliminative
superlativemost eliminative

Origin of eliminative

From eliminate + -ive.

Words formed from eliminative

Questions about eliminative

What does eliminative mean?
Eliminative means of, pertaining to, or producing elimination.
What part of speech is eliminative?
Eliminative is an adjective.

Words near eliminative in the dictionary

  1. elimination round
  2. eliminationism
  3. eliminationist
  4. eliminationists
  5. eliminations
  6. eliminative
  7. eliminative behaviorism
  8. eliminative behaviourism
  9. eliminative materialism
  10. eliminativism
  11. eliminativist

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