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removed adjective [ rɪˈmuːvd ]

• (with reference to cousins) separated in relationship by a particular number of steps of descent.

remove verb

• 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,
Opposite: attach, put on, insert, replace, put back, add,
• 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,
Opposite: introduce, bring in,
• be distant from.
• "it is an isolated place, far removed from the London art world"
Origin: Middle English (as a verb): from the Old French stem remov-, from Latin removere, from re- ‘back’ + movere ‘to move’.

once removed

• (with reference to cousins) separated in relationship by one generation.
"I received an email from my mother's cousin's granddaughter (that makes her my second cousin once removed)"

twice removed

• (with reference to cousins) separated in relationship by two generations.
"he married my third cousin twice removed"



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