Remove

verb

rɪ'muv

Noun

degree of figurative distance or separation
“just one remove from madness”
“it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy”
Type of:Distance

shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
“He removed his children to the countryside”
“remove a case to another court”
Similar:Transfer
Type of:ShiftTransfer
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
“remove a threat”
“remove a wrapper”
Similar:Take Withdraw
get rid of something abstract
“The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage”
kill intentionally and with premeditation
Similar:Dispatch Hit Murder Off Slay
Type of:Kill
go away or leave
Similar:Absent
Type of:VanishDisappear
dispose of
cause to leave
remove from a position or an office