Noun

• S: (n) remove (degree of figurative distance or separation) "just one remove from madness"; "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy"

Verb

• S: (v) remove, take, take away, withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract) "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
• S: (v) remove (remove from a position or an office)
• S: (v) get rid of, remove (dispose of) "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away (throw or cast away) "Put away your worries"
• S: (v) unlearn (discard something previously learnt, like an old habit)
• S: (v) deep-six, give it the deep six (toss out; get rid of) "deep-six these old souvenirs!"
• S: (v) jettison (throw away, of something encumbering)
• S: (v) trash, junk, scrap (dispose of (something useless or old)) "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"
• S: (v) waste (get rid of) "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"
• S: (v) dump (throw away as refuse) "No dumping in these woods!"
• S: (v) retire (dispose of (something no longer useful or needed)) "She finally retired that old coat"
• S: (v) abandon (forsake, leave behind) "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"
• S: (v) chuck, ditch (throw away) "Chuck these old notes"
• S: (v) dispense with (forgo or do or go without)
• S: (v) forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego (lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime) "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"
• S: (v) lapse (let slip) "He lapsed his membership"
• S: (v) consign (commit forever; commit irrevocably)
• S: (v) sell out, sell up, liquidize (sell or get rid of all one's merchandise)
• S: (v) de-access (dispose of by selling) "the museum sold off its collection of French impressionists to raise money"; "the publishing house sold off one of its popular magazines"
• S: (v) close out (terminate by selling off or disposing of) "He closed out his line of sports cars"
• S: (v) slough off (discard as undesirable) "the candidate sloughed off his former campaign workers"
• S: (v) weed out, comb out (remove unwanted elements) "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"
• S: (v) work off (cause to go away through effort or work) "work off the extra pounds you have gained over the holidays"; "we must work off the debt"
• S: (v) cull (remove something that has been rejected) "cull the sick members of the herd"
• S: (v) dump, ditch (sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly) "The company dumped him after many years of service"; "She dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man"
• S: (v) unmuzzle (remove the muzzle from (a dog))
• S: (v) deaerate, de-aerate (remove air or gas from)
• S: (v) decaffeinate (remove caffeine from (coffee))
• S: (v) decarbonate (remove carbon dioxide from)
• S: (v) decerebrate (remove the cerebrum from (a human body))
• S: (v) dechlorinate (remove chlorine from (water))
• S: (v) defat (remove the fat from)
• S: (v) defibrinate (remove fibrin from (blood))
• S: (v) degrease (remove grease or oil from (a pan))
• S: (v) deionize (remove ions from)
• S: (v) delist (remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange)
• S: (v) delocalize (remove from the proper or usual locality)
• S: (v) deoxygenate (remove oxygen from (water))
• S: (v) destain (remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast)
• S: (v) desulfurize, desulphurize (remove sulfur from)
• S: (v) detick (free (a pet) of ticks)
• S: (v) devein (remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp))
• S: (v) fettle (remove mold marks or sand from (a casting))
• S: (v) flesh (remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture)
• S: (v) flense (strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal))
• S: (v) kern (remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters))
• S: (v) pith (remove the pith from (a plant))
• S: (v) scum (remove the scum from)
• S: (v) unbridle (remove the bridle from (a horse or mule))
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) take out, move out, remove (cause to leave) "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"
• S: (v) remove, transfer (shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes) "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"
• S: (v) absent, remove (go away or leave) "He absented himself"
• S: (v) murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove (kill intentionally and with premeditation) "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
• S: (v) remove, take away (get rid of something abstract) "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"