a. rare. [f. L. ēlīmināt- ppl. stem of ēlīminā-re (see ELIMINATE v.) + -IVE.] That eliminates or tends to eliminate; concerned or employed in eliminating. Const. of. (See senses of the vb.)

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1861.  Wynter, Soc. Bees, 278. There can be no congestion of the internal eliminative organs.

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1861.  Sat. Rev., 18 May, 511. Baxter’s habit of mind might be called essentially eliminative.

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1883.  T. M. Post, Serm., Anniv. Exerc. Jacksonville, Ill., 51. [Protestant principles] are naturally … curative or eliminative of the poison of despotism or intolerance.

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1883.  T. M. Coan, in Harper’s Mag., June, 123/2. Diarrhœa presents itself under two chief forms—irritative and eliminative.

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