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Nouns (1)

n. degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy";

Verbs (20)

remove

v. remove from a position or an office

remove, absent

v. go away or leave; "He absented himself"

transfer, remove

v. 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"

remove, get rid of

v. dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"

take, remove, take away

v. 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"

remove, take out, move out

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

dispatch, hit, murder, remove, polish off, slay, bump off

v. kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

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Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (371)

force out, depose

v. force to leave (an office)

dethrone

v. remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned"

turn out, expel, eject, exclude, throw out, boot out, kick out, turf out, chuck out

v. put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"

turn out, expel, eject, exclude, throw out, boot out, kick out, turf out, chuck out

v. put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"

ban, banish

v. ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

expel, throw out, boot out, kick out, oust, drum out

v. remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"

remove, take out, move out

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

force out, evict

v. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"

bump, displace, dislodge

v. remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"

extract, uproot, pull up, move forcibly

v. pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

disentangle, untangle, extricate, disencumber

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

grab, force away, wrest, pull away

v. pull away

pull, draw, force

v. cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

detach

v. cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"

come off, detach, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

disengage, withdraw

v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

turn, wrench, rick, sprain, wrick

v. twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"

twist, distort

v. form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"

lure, tempt, entice

v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

isolate, set apart, sequester, sequestrate, keep apart

v. set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"

take, remove, take away

sequester, sequestrate, seclude, withdraw

v. keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

segregate

v. separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"

shift, reposition, dislodge

v. change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

loosen, loose, make loose, make looser

v. make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"

tease, loosen, tease apart

v. disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"

loosen, make looser

v. make less dense; "loosen the soil"

mesh, lock, operate, engage

v. keep engaged; "engaged the gears"

cut off, amputate

v. remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

get into, go into, come in, enter, get in, go in, move into

v. to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes"

transfer, transplant

v. lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants"

transplant, graft

v. place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

blackball, ban, shun, cast out, ostracize, banish

v. expel from a community or group

bar, relegate, banish

v. expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"

strike, excise, expunge

v. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"

kill, obliterate, wipe out

v. mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech"

pull, draw, get out, pull out

v. bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"

pull, pluck, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume, strip of hair, strip of feathers

v. strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"

efface, erase, wipe off, score out, rub out

v. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"

extract, educe, draw out, elicit, evoke

v. to bring out

relax, loose, become less tight

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

express, extract, take out, press out, pull out

v. take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel"

disentangle, untangle, extricate, disencumber

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

free, disengage, make free

v. free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"

unbrace, untie, undo the ties of

v. undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner"

clear, unclutter, rid of obstructions, remove obstructions from

v. rid of obstructions; "Clear your desk"

empty, make empty, make void

v. make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"

strip, deprive, divest, dispossess

v. take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

sequester, seize, attach, impound, confiscate

v. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, decimate, carry off, wipe out

v. terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

mark, strike out, cross off, cross out, strike off

v. remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list"

detach

v. cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"

isolate, set apart, sequester, sequestrate, keep apart

v. set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"

transfer, remove

remove, take out, move out

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

sequester, sequestrate, seclude, withdraw

v. keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

segregate

v. separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"

indispose, disqualify, unfit, make unfit

v. make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"

take off, doff

v. remove clothes; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"

lift, raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

tilt, lean, slant, tip, angle

v. to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"

evacuate, empty completely

v. empty completely

leave, leave unaltered, leave unchanged

v. leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"

cut, bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, shorten

v. cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape"

chop, hack

v. cut with a hacking tool

bear

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

bear, turn out

v. bring forth, "The apple tree bore delicious apples this year"; "The unidentified plant bore gorgeous flowers"

take, get hold of

v. get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"

hack, clear

v. cut away

slip, splay, dislocate, move out of position

v. move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

scratch, scrape, scratch up

v. cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

grind, grate

v. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"

graze

v. break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet"

rasp, scrape with a rasp

v. scrape with a rasp

mark, score, nock

v. make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it"

turn out, expel, eject, exclude, throw out, boot out, kick out, turf out, chuck out

v. put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"

ban, banish

v. ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

expel, throw out, boot out, kick out, oust, drum out

v. remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"

transfer, remove

force out, evict

v. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"

bump, displace, dislodge

v. remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"

extract, uproot, pull up, move forcibly

v. pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

disentangle, untangle, extricate, disencumber

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

grab, force away, wrest, pull away

v. pull away

pull, draw, force

v. cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

detach

v. cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"

come off, detach, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

disengage, withdraw

v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

turn, wrench, rick, sprain, wrick

v. twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"

twist, distort

v. form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"

lure, tempt, entice

v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

isolate, set apart, sequester, sequestrate, keep apart

v. set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"

take, remove, take away

sequester, sequestrate, seclude, withdraw

v. keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

segregate

v. separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"

shift, reposition, dislodge

v. change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

loosen, loose, make loose, make looser

v. make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"

tease, loosen, tease apart

v. disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"

loosen, make looser

v. make less dense; "loosen the soil"

evacuate

v. move people from their homes or country

mesh, lock, operate, engage

v. keep engaged; "engaged the gears"

cut off, amputate

v. remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

get into, go into, come in, enter, get in, go in, move into

v. to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes"

transfer, transplant

v. lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants"

transplant, graft

v. place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

blackball, ban, shun, cast out, ostracize, banish

v. expel from a community or group

bar, relegate, banish

v. expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"

slaughter, massacre, mow down

v. kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"

slaughter, butcher

v. kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"

get rid of, abolish

v. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

Synonyms (9)

take off, deduct, subtract, make a subtraction

v. make a subtraction

bump, demote, relegate, kick downstairs, assign to a lower position

v. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"

Antonyms (22)

plant, set, put into the soil, set to grow

v. put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden"

add

v. make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"

deposit, stick, wedge, lodge

v. fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"

add, add together

v. make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!"

mount, get on, bestride, mount up, climb on, hop on, jump on

v. get on the back of; "mount a horse"

plant, set, put into the soil, set to grow

v. put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden"

remove obstructions from

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