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remove
English
- 🔊 degree of figurative distance or separation“just one remove from madness”
- 🔊 remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract“remove a threat”
- 🔊 get rid of something abstract“The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage”
- 🔊 shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes“He removed his children to the countryside”
- 🔊 remove from a position or an office
- 🔊 go away or leave“He absented himself”
- 🔊 dispose of“Get rid of these old shoes!”
- 🔊 cause to leave“The teacher took the children out of the classroom”
- 🔊 kill intentionally and with premeditation“The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered”
Spanish
- 🔊 amover to remove
- 🔊 apear to remove
- 🔊 retirar to remove
- 🔊 toller to remove
- 🔊 detraer to remove, separate
- 🔊 desalojar to remove, to evict (someone)
- 🔊 remover to remove, to take away, to move
- 🔊 quitar to remove, to take away, to take down, to take off, to pull off, to pull out, to clear, to clear away, to strip, to strip away
- 🔊 sacar to remove, to extract, to get out, to take out, to dig up or dig out (e.g., the weeds, a tooth, military forces, information, the truth, remove someone from the equation or a situation)