remove
Clear something out
Remove means to take something away from where it is or eliminate it entirely: Remove your shoes before entering, The surgeon removed the tumor.
To remove oneself is to leave or withdraw.
Someone removed from a situation is distant or detached from it.
In genealogy, removed indicates generational distance: a first cousin once removed shares a great-grandparent with you.
Deliberately throw out
- tossLight, casual throw
- dumpWaste disposal site
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- junkWorthless discarded items
scrap · ditch · dispose · throw away · cast off · shed · jettison · deep-six
Officially end a practice
- eliminateRemove completely
- eradicateDestroy completely, utterly
- exterminateDestroy completely, every one
- annihilateDestroy completely, leaving nothing
extirpate · stamp out · wipe out · root out · do away with · put an end to · terminate · quash
Throw out forcibly
- expelRemove forcibly from membership
- oustRemove from position
- evictRemove from property legally
- bootHigh shoe or startup
dismiss · banish · exile · kick out · throw out · cast out · deport · displace
Concentrated derived substance
yank · uproot · detach · dislodge · separate · isolate · pry · excise
Remove or erase
- eraseRemove recorded marks
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
- wipeRub to clean
- clearWithout obstruction or fog
purge · obliterate · annihilate · efface · blank out · strike · cross out · rub out
Delete installed software
- deinstallRemove installed program
- rollbackReturn to prior condition
- revertReturn to earlier condition
- restoreReturn to earlier state
disable · deactivate · unplug · disconnect · detach · strip out · unbundle · unload
discard
Deliberately throw out
junk · scrap · ditch · dispose · throw away · cast off · shed · jettison · deep-six · chuck
abolish
Officially end a practice
- eliminateRemove completely
- eradicateDestroy completely, utterly
- exterminateDestroy completely, every one
annihilate · extirpate · stamp out · wipe out · root out · do away with · put an end to · terminate · quash · squelch
eject
Throw out forcibly
boot · dismiss · banish · exile · kick out · throw out · cast out · deport · displace · dislodge
extract
Concentrated derived substance
pluck · yank · uproot · detach · dislodge · separate · isolate · pry · excise · cut out
delete
Remove or erase
clear · purge · obliterate · annihilate · efface · blank out · strike · cross out · rub out · blot out
uninstall
Delete installed software
restore · disable · deactivate · unplug · disconnect · detach · strip out · unbundle · unload · clear
cleanse
Remove dirt or sin
wipe · purify · sanitize · disinfect · sterilize · decontaminate · launder · scour · flush · swab
ban
Official restriction on something
outlaw · boycott · blacklist · bar · exclude · restrict · revoke · rescind · recall · repeal
- button labelssubmit, cancel, save, delete, edit
- deletiondelete, erase, erasure, cross out, strike out
- dislodgeshift, budge, loosen, detach, pry
- dismissdismiss, brush off, brush aside, wave away, wave off
- exclusionexclude, excluded, rule out, banned, bans
- getting rid ofunload, disposal, dump, shed, offloading
- remote controlWireless device operator
- laser hair removalLight-based permanent depilation
- fat removalExcising adipose deposits
- salt removalEliminating sodium chloride content
- remote workEmployment from afar
- tv remote
remote, removed, removal, removing, removes, removable, remover, removers, removals