remove
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(verb) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc.; or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket" |
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Synonyms: take, take away |
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Related Words: ablate, amputate, aspirate, bail out, bale out, bear away, bear off, bone, brush, bur, burl, burr, cancel, carry away, carry off, cast, cast off, chip away, chip away at, circumcise, clean, clear, clear away, clear off, clear up, condense, cream, cream off, crumb, cut into, cut off, de-iodinate, de-ionate, debone, decalcify, decarbonize, decarburize, decoke, defang, defuse, degas, dehorn, delete, delouse, delve, descale, detoxicate, detoxify, detusk, dig, disburden, discharge, disembowel, dislodge, dismantle, draw, draw away, draw in, draw off, draw out, dredge, drop, empty, eviscerate, excavate, extract, flick, free, get out, gut, hollow, hull, husk, hypophysectomise, hypophysectomize, knock out, lade, laden, ladle, leach, lift, lift out, muck, offsaddle, pick, pit, pod, pull, pull off, pull out, scale, scalp, scavenge, scoop, scoop out, scoop up, seed, shake off, shed, shell, shuck, skim, skim off, spoon, stone, string, strip, suck in, take away, take off, take out, take up, tear away, tear off, throw, throw away, throw off, turn over, tusk, unbrace, unburden, undock, unhinge, unpack, unsaddle, unstring, unveil, wash, wash away, wash-off, wear away, wear off, weed, winnow, wipe away, wipe off, withdraw |
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(verb) shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court" |
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Synonyms: transfer |
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Related Words: shift, transfer |
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(verb) remove from a position or an office |
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Related Words: bench, boot out, can, dismiss, drop, drum out, expel, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, invalid, kick out, oust, pull off, sack, send away, terminate, throw out, unseat, winkle out |
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(noun) degree of figurative distance or separation: "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy" |
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Related Words: distance |
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(verb) go away or leave; "He absented himself" |
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Synonyms: absent |
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Related Words: disappear, go away, vanish |
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(verb) dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!" "The company got rid of all the dead wood" |
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Synonyms: get rid of |
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Related Words: cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, comb out, discard, dispose, dump, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out, weed out |
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(verb) cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom" |
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Synonyms: move out, take out |
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Related Words: call in, clear, estrange |
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(verb) kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" |
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Synonyms: bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, polish off, slay |
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Related Words: burke, execute, kill |
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