remove

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 from a position or an office

dispose of

• “Get rid of these old shoes!”
• “The company got rid of all the dead wood”

cause to leave

• “The teacher took the children out of the classroom”

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”

go away or leave

• “He absented himself”

kill intentionally and with premeditation

• “The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered”

get rid of something abstract

• “The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage”
• “God takes away your sins”

degree of figurative distance or separation

• “just one remove from madness”
• “it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy”