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remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; “remove a threat”; “remove a wrapper”; “Remove the dirty dishes from the table”; “take the gun from your pocket”; “This machine withdraws heat from the environment”
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epilate, depilate, harvest, tip, stem, extirpate, enucleate, exenterate, enucleate, decorticate, bail, strip, undress, divest, disinvest
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, ablate, clean, pick, clean, winnow, pick, clear, clear up, muck, lift, lift, lift, tear away, tear off, take off, take away, take out, pit, stone, seed, unhinge, shuck, hull, crumb, chip away, chip away at, burl, knock out, scavenge, clean, hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise, degas, husk, shell, bur, burr, clear off, clear away, flick, strip, dismantle, strip, clear, defang, bone, debone, disembowel, eviscerate, draw, shell, shuck, tusk, detusk, dehorn, scalp, weed, condense, bail out, bale out, leach, strip, decalcify, detoxify, detoxicate, de-ionate, de-iodinate, decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke, delouse, ream, brush, wash, wash out, wash off, wash away, desorb, pull, demineralize, demineralise, eliminate, expectorate, clear out, drive out, carve out, defuse, dredge, wear away, wear off, amputate, cut off, resect, eviscerate, skim, skim off, cream off, cream, strip, strip, scale, descale, circumcise, undock, dig, delve, cut into, turn over, excavate, dig, hollow, scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up, extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out, take out, unstring, string, wipe off, wipe away, take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off, unveil, unpack, take out, unburden, disburden, empty, discharge, unsaddle, offsaddle, shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop, dislodge, free, clean, aspirate, draw out, suck out, delete, cancel, ladle, lade, laden, spoon, gut, head, draw off, draw away, pull off, clean, strip, draw, take out, draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out, leach, draw, withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
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remove from a position or an office
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unseat, oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel, displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack
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, force out, give the sack, terminate, drop, pull off, winkle out, invalid, bench
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dispose of; “Get rid of these old shoes!”; “The company got rid of all the dead wood”
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discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away, slough off, weed out
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, comb out, work off, cull, dump, ditch, unmuzzle, deaerate, de-aerate, decaffeinate, decarbonate, decerebrate, dechlorinate, defat, defibrinate, degrease, deionize, delist, delocalize, deoxygenate, destain, desulfurize, desulphurize, detick, devein, fettle, flesh, flense, kern, pith, scum, unbridle
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cause to leave; “The teacher took the children out of the classroom”
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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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go away or leave; “He absented himself”
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kill intentionally and with premeditation; “The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered”
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get rid of something abstract; “The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage”; “God takes away your sins”
