A person, device, or substance that removes or gets rid of something unwanted. Something that causes elimination or exclusion.
From Latin 'eliminare' meaning 'to turn out of doors, banish,' formed from 'e-' meaning 'out' and 'limen' meaning 'threshold.' The '-ator' suffix indicates an agent or device that performs the action. The word entered English in the 17th century.
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