eliminative

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At the other extreme are so-called eliminative materialists, who question whether anything is really conscious, including humans.

From Scientific American • Dec. 4, 2017

The U.S. was told what his wife read to him, what music he heard and how it was with his eliminative processes.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is no better means for stimulating the general circulation and for increasing the eliminative activities of the system than this cold morning rub at the beginning of the day after the night's rest.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry

These characters are natural in origin and natural also in having survived ages of eliminative selection.

From The Truth About Woman by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)

Moreover, although the selective process is primarily eliminative or destructive, like thinning turnips or pruning fruit-trees, we cannot separate its positive and negative aspects.

From Herbert Spencer by Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)