The Marine convoy stopped several times to eliminate resistance in heavy house-to-house and street fighting before proceeding again.
In superconductivity, electrons collect into pairs at low enough temperatures, enabling them to travel without bouncing off atoms, eliminating electrical resistance.
Having landed, the paratroopers would eliminate Japanese resistance in the area, secure the camp, and prepare for its evacuation.
There were also seven major Axis operations specifically aimed at eliminating all or most Yugoslav Partisan resistance.
The concept aims to eliminate rolling resistance and allow very high performance, while also simplifying the infrastructure needed to lay new lines.
"They'll have weapons in security-even these sheep must run amok sometimes-and if we knock out their security personnel, we've eliminated resistance."
The mission of that group was to eliminate airborne resistance from the Japanese homeland to American forces off Okinawa.
Fighters used rockets to eliminate resistance from heavily armed snipers in houses and on rooftops.
Later, the 164th participated in extensive jungle patrols as well as organized offensive sweeps of the island to eliminate remaining Japanese resistance.
The resulting line does not eliminate electrical resistance completely, Mr. Howe said.