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Verb remove has 8 senses
- remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. 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"
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They want to remove the doors
- remove - remove from a position or an office
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Somebody ----s somebody
- get rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- take out, move out, remove - cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- 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"
--5 is one way to transfer, shift
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- absent, remove - go away or leave; "He absented himself"
--6 is one way to disappear, vanish, go away
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Somebody ----s somebody PP
- murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
--7 is one way to kill
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Somebody ----s somebody
- 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"
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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