removes
Gets rid of
Removes is the third-person singular of remove, meaning to take something away or eliminate it: She removes her shoes at the door, The software removes duplicate files automatically.
In formal or legal contexts, removes can mean dismisses from office: The board removes any director who violates the charter.
As a noun, removes are degrees of separation or distance: at several removes from the original source.
Destroys utterly and completely
- abolishesOfficially ends or eliminates
- destroysCauses complete ruin
- annihilatesDestroys utterly and completely
- obliteratesDestroys completely
purges · expunges · extirpates · wipes out · disposes · excises · banishes · deletes
Releases from attachment
- unscrewsRotates to detach
- unboltsReleases a sliding lock
- unclipsDisengages a clasp
- unhooksReleases from a curved fastener
unsnaps · unpins · detaches · disconnects · disengages · separates · loosens · releases
Relocates or hands off
- repositionsMoves to new locations
- shiftsMoves or work periods
- displacesRemoves from usual place
- transplantsSurgical tissue transfers
evacuates · rearranges · reassigns · moves · takes away · tows · transports · clears out
Extracting earth's resources
- quarryingOpen-pit stone mining
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- excavatingRemoving soil to uncover
- harvestingGathering mature crops
dredging · pulling · withdrawing · drawing out · siphoning · draining · pumping · uprooting
Removal of content
- redactionObscuring sensitive text
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- expurgationRemoval of offensive content
- sanitizationCleaning to remove pathogens
bowdlerization · suppression · wiping · scrubbing · bleaching · whiteout · backspace · undo
eradicates
Destroys utterly and completely
- abolishesOfficially ends or eliminates
- destroysCauses complete ruin
- annihilatesDestroys utterly and completely
obliterates · purges · expunges · extirpates · wipes out · disposes · excises · banishes · deletes · cancels
unfastens
Releases from attachment
unhooks · unsnaps · unpins · detaches · disconnects · disengages · separates · loosens · releases · frees
transfers
Relocates or hands off
- repositionsMoves to new locations
- shiftsMoves or work periods
- displacesRemoves from usual place
transplants · evacuates · rearranges · reassigns · moves · takes away · tows · transports · clears out · empties
mining
Extracting earth's resources
- quarryingOpen-pit stone mining
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- excavatingRemoving soil to uncover
harvesting · dredging · pulling · withdrawing · drawing out · siphoning · draining · pumping · uprooting · plucking
deletion
Removal of content
- redactionObscuring sensitive text
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- expurgationRemoval of offensive content
sanitization · bowdlerization · suppression · wiping · scrubbing · bleaching · whiteout · backspace · undo · retraction
deforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
slash-and-burn · stumps · debris · brush · undergrowth · deadwood · weeds · obstacles · blockages · clutter
- verbsjump, be, speak, wait, do
- leaving outomits, skips, excludes, bypasses, passes over
- historic diningmedieval feast, medieval feasts, Roman banquet, royal banquet, state dinner
- historic foodssyllabub, pottage, mead, hardtack, gruel
- laser hair removalLight-based permanent depilation
- fat removalExcising adipose deposits
- salt removalEliminating sodium chloride content
- first cousins once removedRelatives one generation apart
- stain removerProduct that eliminates blemishes
- far removedGreatly separated in space
remove, removed, removal, removing, removable, remover, removers, removals, unremoved