To cast or throw out; to clear out.

Medicine. transitive. To eliminate or expel (waste or harmful matter, etc.) from the body or an organ.

To remove (something) so as to leave a vacant space; to take, put, or clear away; occasionally, to remove by emptying or taking out. Now rare.

transitive. To pull away by the roots (literal and figurative); to clear away (formerly also †forth) completely. Now rare.

transitive. To cast out, get rid of, do away with, remove, expel; to void. Obsolete.

transitive. To remove or dispose of (a troublesome or unwanted thing or person). Also reflexive. Chiefly with away, from, out of. Cf. redd, v.2 1b.

(The context suggests ‘exorcize, deliver, or rid.’)

transitive. To remove (a person or thing) from a place; to clear (a thing) away. Cf. rede, v.2 1f, rid, v. 4. Now rare.

The action or an act of getting rid of something or someone; removal, clearance; an instance of this. Frequently in to make (clean, quick,etc.) ri…

transitive. To purge away (anything offensive). Const. from, out of.

transitive. To clear out; = evacuate, v. 5.

transitive. To remove so as to leave the place clear, banish, get rid of. Now only in sense 6b.

To clear out (rubbish, etc.).

transitive. To remove (a person or thing) from a place; to clear (a thing) away. Cf. redd, v.2 1b, rid, v. 4.

transitive. To take or throw out so as to leave the place clear.

transitive. To remove (something) in the process of preparing, cleaning, or purifying. With from, off, out of. Now somewhat rare.

transitive. To remove, leave the place, so as to clear. absol., to remove the remains of a meal.

transitive. To remove (an encumbrance) so as to leave a thing clear; to get rid of (a debt or claim) by settling it.

transitive. To free (anything) of that with which it is saturated.

colloquial (originally U.S.). transitive. To dismiss, reject, or get rid of (a person or thing). In later use, esp. in the context of social media…