[noun] [C] UKAn eliminator is a part of a competition in any game or sport where one person or team plays against another to decide which of them will continue to the next stage and which will be removed from the competition.After this series of eliminators only sixteen people will remain in the tournament.
ELIMINATOR
Meaning of ELIMINATOR in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012