to remove
∞
1.5
- verb
- /rɪˈmuːv/
:
quitar
- The manager decided to remove the outdated policies to improve efficiency.
- remove items
- remove barriers
- remove nitrogen
Do you think Trump should have been removed from Twitter?
- Do you think Trump should have been removed from Twitter?
- So it's just yeah, I can remove this entire plate.
- Thankfully for my ears, it's it's time to remove this contraption.
- So before we start people, I must remove my sunglasses.
- And for once, you can remove the halter strap.
- And I, I just would love to remove stigma from this subject.
- And as we said, when we sleep, we remove that sleepiness.
- But then we don't, we don't remove those who are unsuccessful.
- What is it that makes a heat sink remove heat from ACPU?
- So first of all, I'm going to remove the hair from it.
Examples
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Then at this point you remove the big piece of garlic.
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Please remove your shoes before entering the house.
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Then we might want to do things like remove this, this term.
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OK, so this I can remove here.
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And now we have to remove this section here.
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Officer, you are to remove this woman.
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So it's just yeah, I can remove this entire plate.
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Today, cities such as New York are mandated to remove the paint that contains lead.
Academic text (2012) -
The officers suspected domestic violence and immediately removed Fernandez from the residence and placed him under arrest.
Academic text (2017) -
Then, in my late 30s, I had a surgery to remove my appendix.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Remove something from a place or person
∞
3.0
To free someone from something harmful or unwanted
∞
1.6
To remove or throw away something you do not want
∞
1.5
To remove clothes or something from your body
948
1.9
To remove something from a place or container
852
3.8
To stop employing someone so they lose their job
795
2.3
To remove something from a place or reduce something important, for example a right
523
2.7
To take something out of a place, often with effort
502
3.4
Remove or kill something completely so it is gone
236
3.0
To force someone to leave a place, job, or group
194
5.0
Force someone to leave a place, such as a school or country, often by official order
159
3.5
To take money or things out of a place where they are kept
136
3.2
To remove something unwanted from a place
91
3.1
Remove all things from a place so it becomes empty
88
3.7
Remove something so it is no longer used
82
5.3
To stop being part of or connected to something
70
3.3
To remove someone from their job
49
6.3
To remove unwanted substances, things, or people by cleaning
46
3.0
To remove something that is fixed or standing, for example stage equipment
41
2.7
To take something off from where it is attached
36
2.8
To make someone or something leave a place
32
4.2
Force someone to leave a place
31
7.4
To remove a leader from office, often by force
29
4.6
To make a feeling or idea go away
27
4.0
Remove an outside layer or covering from something to show what is under it
21
8.8
To remove all signs of something like a record or memory so it cannot be found
16
3.8
To get rid of something completely so it no longer exists
16
4.0
To come apart from something it is connected to
16
7.0
To end a connection with a person, group, or idea
15
6.1
To force something or someone out of a place where they are stuck
10
3.6
Remove people completely from a place or group because they are unwanted
10
1.8
To take things away from a place to make it tidy
7
3.7
To pull something away from where it is, for example a bandage or curtain
5
5.0
To take out what is inside a container so it becomes empty
3
4.8
To get rid of something you do not want or need
1
6.1
To separate something from what it is connected to
To take something out of the place or situation where it first came from
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Etymology
Remove comes from the parts re- meaning 'back' and move meaning 'to move', so it originally meant 'move back' or 'take away'. That's why to remove something is to take it away or to dismiss someone from a place or position.