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eliminatory

eliminatory adjective: tending to eliminate.

Adjective

eliminatory (comparative more eliminatory, superlative most eliminatory)

  1. Tending to eliminate.
  2. Of or relating to the system through which elimination of digestive waste occurs; excretory.

Forms of eliminatory

comparativemore eliminatory
superlativemost eliminatory

Origin of eliminatory

From eliminate + -ory.

Words formed from eliminatory

Phrases with eliminatory

Questions about eliminatory

What does eliminatory mean?
Eliminatory means tending to eliminate.
What part of speech is eliminatory?
Eliminatory is an adjective.

Words near eliminatory in the dictionary

  1. eliminativist
  2. eliminativistic
  3. eliminativists
  4. eliminator
  5. eliminators
  6. eliminatory
  7. eliminatory system
  8. eliminatory systems
  9. eliminatrix
  10. eliminee
  11. eliminees

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