removeverb [ T ]
uk/rɪˈmuːv/us/rɪˈmuːv/remove verb [ T ] (TAKE AWAY)
B1 to take something or someone away from somewhere, or off something:
The men came to remove the rubbish from the backyard.
This detergent will remove even old stains.
It got so hot that he removed his tie and jacket.
They decided to remove their son from the school.
to make a negative feeling disappear:
Hearing your opinion has removed my last doubts/suspicions about her.
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- The water is filtered to remove any impurities.
- You can remove a red wine stain from a carpet by sprinkling salt over it.
- The plaster on the walls has been removed to expose the original bricks underneath.
- The protestors had to be physically removed from the room.
- You can immobilize the car by removing the spark plugs.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- confiscate
- cream sth/sb off
- de-
- debug
- denude
- drain
- impound
- infringe on/upon sth
- knock
- knock sth out of sb
- nab
- relieve
- shelf
- suck
- suck sb/sth dry idiom
- sweep
- take sth out
- tow
- tow-away
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Removing and extracting
Forgetting and forgetfulness
remove verb [ T ] (END JOB)
C2 formal to force someone to leave an important job or a position of power because they have behaved badly or not in a way you approve of:
The company's shareholders have voted to remove the executive board.
Several opposition groups are fighting to remove the president from power.
She has been removed from her post/position as director.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Firing staff
- axe
- be out on your ear idiom
- chop
- constructive dismissal
- defrock
- delayering
- furlough
- get the push idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- grass
- heave-ho
- invalid sb out
- pension
- relieve
- relieve sb of sth
- removal
- retire
- sack
- sacking
- shakeout
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Idiom(s)
be far removed from sth