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eradicator

n. A person who, or thing that eradicates

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eradicator

n. someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects) [syn: exterminator, terminator]

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Eradicator (comics)

The Eradicator is name used by three fictional DC comic book characters. The first was a Flash antihero character while the second was a superhero (and sometimes supervillain) character having a recurring role in Superman stories published by DC Comics with the third being the New 52 version.

The first Superman Eradicator was originally created as a weapon by an ancient alien race, he is over 200,000 years old and is considered an artifact of Krypton. The Flash Eradicator was created by Carmine Infantino and Cary Bates and first appeared in The Flash #314. The first Superman character was created by writer Roger Stern, and first appeared in Action Comics Annual #2 (1989).

Eradicator

The term Eradicator can mean the following:

  • Eradicator (Algerian politics), a paramilitary group during the Algerian Civil War
  • Eradicator (comics), a superhero/supervillain in the DC Comics universe
  • Eradicator (video game), released by Accolade in 1996
  • The Eradicator, a ski-mask wearing squash player appearing in a Kids in the Hall sketch, played by Bruce McCulloch.
Eradicator (video game)

Eradicator is a 1996 science fiction computer game developed by Accolade for MS-DOS. Players choose to play as one of three characters: Kamchak the alien Treydan warrior, human mine engineer Dan Blaze, and mercenary Eleena Brynstaarl. Players then have to complete a series of unique objectives and puzzles within each level. Perspective can be set between first and third-person, as well as additional options such as picture-in-picture. The game allows for the use of twenty different weapons through twenty five levels set within a mysteriously reactivated alien fortress on the planet Ioxia, source of the valuable mineral element Mazrium.

Eradicator also features the ability to remotely control various apparatus and projectiles, among other unique power ups. Areas are themed as defense and miscellaneous bases, factories and refineries, and biological research laboratories. Enemies are ground- and air-based cybernetic mechanisms and alien creatures. Visually and mechanically, the game is sector-based 3-D, comparable to Doom and the contemporary Duke Nukem 3D. Multiplayer gameplay over modem and LAN is supported; the game includes several deathmatch levels.

Tommo Inc. purchased the rights to this game and digitally publishes it through its Retroism brand in 2015. On February 26, 2016 it was released onto DRM-free retailer GOG.com with support for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux through Dosbox. Despite its limited uptake, the game received positive reviews from GameSpot and Game Revolution, as well as Coming Soon Magazine, The Computer Show and VrEOnline.

The game was originally conceived by Joe Ybarra's Creative Insights as “ Marble Madness with a 3rd-person view” with the player character being a frog, but this was scrapped in favour of the final darker design upon the project's purchase by Accolade. This brought about the game's conversion to first-person primacy, although the original wholly third-person design lived on in the game's emphasis on platforming. Some developers from the game went on to create Slave Zero, a similar third/first person hybrid. Voice actors were brought in from the game Deadlock: Planetary Conquest.

Usage examples of "eradicator".

Did the fact that he knew nothing what­soever about the breeding habits of Anobium punctatum prove that he had been a woodworm eradicator?

I had neglected to remove my wrinkle eradicators, and I presume my appearance was odd.

And where the word was there is a splotch made with ink eradicator.