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- pronunciation:
- rih
muv
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Builder, Word Explorer, Word Parts
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
removing, remove, removed |
definition 1: |
to take away from a place or position.
When they come to install the new refrigerator, they'll remove the old one.He removed everything from the shelf and wiped it with a cloth.The security guards removed the protesters from the auditorium.She desperately wished to remove herself from the situation.- synonyms:
- displace, take, withdraw
- antonyms:
- add, enter, insert, replace
- similar words:
- dislodge, doff, draw, efface, empty, evacuate, expel, move, oust
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definition 2: |
to shift (something) from one position to another.
I removed the plants to the dining room where they would get more light.- synonyms:
- move, relocate, shift, transfer, transplant
- similar words:
- change, displace, draw, move over, switch
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definition 3: |
to take off (clothing).
She was so cold in the room that she never removed her coat.- synonyms:
- doff, shed, strip
- antonyms:
- don, put on
- similar words:
- cast, change
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definition 4: |
to dismiss or force to leave office or employment.
The corrupt mayor was removed from office.The president was forced to remove two of his cabinet members from their posts.- synonyms:
- depose, discharge, dismiss, displace, fire, oust, terminate, unseat
- antonyms:
- appoint, install
- similar words:
- dethrone, eject, purge, topple
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definition 5: |
to get rid of; eliminate.
This product removes paint very easily.The stain was set in, and I couldn't remove it.- synonyms:
- dispose of, efface, eliminate, expunge, purge
- similar words:
- abolish, amputate, annihilate, blot out, delete, dispel, doff, edit, eradicate, exhaust, exterminate, extirpate, liquidate, obliterate
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definition 6: |
to murder or assassinate.
They uncovered a plot to remove the king.- synonyms:
- assassinate, execute, liquidate, murder
- similar words:
- annihilate, destroy, purge
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related words: |
absent, abstract, carry, chuck, cross, degrade, depose, discharge, disperse, drain, erase, evict, extinguish, extract, kick out, kill, overthrow, pick, pluck, reject, rule out, scrape, soak, strain, take, trim |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition 1: |
to change residence or address from one place to another.
The family is removing to Boston in August.- synonyms:
- move, relocate, transfer
- similar words:
- move on
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definition 2: |
to go away.
- synonyms:
- depart, leave, repair
- similar words:
- evacuate, retreat, vacate
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related words: |
give way, turn, withdraw |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
the act or process of removing.
- synonyms:
- disposal, relocation, removal, withdrawal
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definition 2: |
the extent to which a person, place, or thing is separated from another.
- synonyms:
- distance, estrangement, separation
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definition 3: |
psychological or intellectual distance from something or someone.
- synonyms:
- dissociation, distance, estrangement, remoteness, separation
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derivation: |
remover (n.) |
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