remove
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Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
degree of figurative distance or separation
just one remove from madness
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
remove a threat
Types & categories
- epilate
- harvest
- tip
- stem
- extirpate
- enucleate
- exenterate
- enucleate
- decorticate
- bail
- undress
- ablate
- clean
- clean
- winnow
- pick
- clear up
- muck
- lift
- lift
- lift
- tear away
- take off
- take away
- stone
- seed
- unhinge
- shuck
- hull
- crumb
- chip away
- burl
- knock out
- scavenge
- hypophysectomize
- degas
- husk
- bur
- clear off
- flick
- dismantle
- strip
- clear
- defang
- debone
- disembowel
- shell
- shuck
- detusk
- dehorn
- scalp
- weed
- condense
- bale out
- leach
- decalcify
- detoxify
- de-ionate
- de-iodinate
- decarbonize
- delouse
- ream
- brush
- wash off
- desorb
- pull
- demineralize
- eliminate
- expectorate
- carve out
- defuse
- dredge
- wear away
- amputate
- eviscerate
- cream off
- strip
- strip
- descale
- circumcise
- undock
- dig
- hollow
- scoop
- extract
- take out
- unstring
- string
- wipe off
- take away
- unveil
- unpack
- disburden
- empty
- discharge
- unsaddle
- shed
- dislodge
- clean
- aspirate
- delete
- lade
- spoon
- gut
- head
- draw off
- strip
- draw
- pull out
- leach
- draw
- draw off
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
remove from a position or an office
Types & categories
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Sense 4 verb
dispose of
Get rid of these old shoes!
Types & categories
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Sense 5 verb
cause to leave
The teacher took the children out of the classroom
Types & categories
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Sense 6 verb
shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
He removed his children to the countryside
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
go away or leave
He absented himself
Types & categories
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Sense 8 verb
kill intentionally and with premeditation
The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
Types & categories
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Sense 9 verb
get rid of something abstract
The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | distance |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | subtract |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | withdrawal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | removal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | remover |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | epilate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | harvest |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tip |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stem |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | extirpate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | enucleate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | exenterate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | enucleate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | decorticate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bail |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | undress |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ablate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clean |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clean |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | winnow |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pick |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clear up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | muck |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lift |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lift |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lift |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tear away |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | take off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | take away |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stone |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | seed |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | unhinge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shuck |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hull |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | crumb |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chip away |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | burl |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | knock out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | scavenge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypophysectomize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | degas |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | husk |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bur |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clear off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flick |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dismantle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | strip |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clear |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | defang |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | debone |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | disembowel |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shell |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shuck |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | detusk |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dehorn |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | scalp |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | weed |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | condense |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bale out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | leach |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | decalcify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | detoxify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | de-ionate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | de-iodinate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | decarbonize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | delouse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ream |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | brush |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wash off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | desorb |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pull |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | demineralize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | eliminate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | expectorate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | carve out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | defuse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dredge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wear away |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | amputate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | eviscerate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cream off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | strip |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | strip |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | descale |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | circumcise |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | undock |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dig |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hollow |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | scoop |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | extract |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | take out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | unstring |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | string |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wipe off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | take away |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | unveil |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | unpack |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | disburden |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | empty |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | discharge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | unsaddle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shed |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dislodge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clean |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | aspirate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | delete |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lade |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spoon |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gut |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | head |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | strip |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pull out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | leach |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw off |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | removal |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | unseat |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | boot out |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | give the axe |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | drop |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pull off |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | winkle out |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | invalid |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bench |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | removal |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | discard |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | slough off |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | comb out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | work off |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cull |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dump |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | unmuzzle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | deaerate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | decaffeinate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | decarbonate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | decerebrate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dechlorinate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | defat |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | defibrinate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | degrease |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | deionize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | delist |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | delocalize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | deoxygenate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | destain |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | desulfurize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | detick |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | devein |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fettle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | flesh |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | flense |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | kern |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pith |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | scum |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | unbridle |
| 5 | causes | Related & opposite | move |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | clear |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | call in |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | estrange |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | transferer |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | shift |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | absence |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | absentee |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | vanish |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | murder |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | despatch |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | hit |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | killer |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | liquidator |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | burke |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | execute |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | wash away |