remove
verb
[ rɪˈmuːv ]
• take (something) away or off from the position occupied.
• "Customs officials removed documents from the premises"
Similar:
detach,
unfasten,
separate,
pull out,
take out,
disconnect,
unclick,
take off,
undo,
produce,
bring out,
get out,
draw out,
withdraw,
extract,
fish out,
take away,
carry away,
move,
shift,
convey,
transport,
confiscate,
take possession of,
cart off,
clean off,
wash off,
wipe off,
rinse off,
scrub off,
sponge out,
delete,
erase,
rub out,
cross out,
strike out,
ink out,
score out,
block out,
blue-pencil,
cut out,
eliminate,
efface,
obliterate,
uproot,
eradicate,
destroy,
cut off,
chop off,
lop off,
hack off,
amputate,
excise,
• abolish or get rid of.
• "exchange controls have finally been removed"
Similar:
withdraw,
abolish,
eliminate,
get rid of,
do away with,
take away,
stop,
put an end to,
cut,
axe,
• be distant from.
• "it is an isolated place, far removed from the London art world"
remove
noun
• a degree of remoteness or separation.
• "at this remove, the whole incident seems insane"
• a form or division in some British schools.
• "a member of the Fifth Remove"
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from the Old French stem remov-, from Latin removere, from re- ‘back’ + movere ‘to move’.
